Saturday, September 12, 2009

Arctic Shortcut Beckons Shippers as Ice Thaws

Shortening the journey from Yokohama to Rotterdam by 4500 miles versus
the Suez-canal route is worth the troubles of a 6-week summer season,
the need for an ice-breaker escort, and battling Russian red tape.

Arctic Shortcut Beckons Shippers as Ice Thaws

Two German ships are poised to complete, for the first time, a
commercial shipment transit from Asia to Europe over the waters of the
Arctic north of Russia.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/science/earth/11passage.html

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