Shipping companies eye fabled Asia route as ice melts

A recent picture released by Nordic Bulk Carriers shows the Nordic Barents bulk carrier near the port of Kirkenes, Norway. On Saturday the first non-Russian vessel to make an intercontinental commercial voyage through the Arctic Northeast passage will set sail from Norway for China.(AFP/Nordic Bulk Carriers)AFP – Shipowners are showing growing interest in a fabled trade route to Asia which climate change is beginning to open up at last as polar ice recedes.


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