At the Arkhangelsk conference, Mr.
ship sailed through the Northeast Passage
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Igor Levitin – the Russian Minister of Com-
already in the summer of 2011, assisted
UNITED SHIPBUILDING
munications – expressed his opinion that
by an ice-breaker.
Already, there are significant needs for
the northern maritime passage constitutes
“The Russian attitude has changed in
maritime transportation in the arctic re-
a unique system of transportation and that
recent times. The commercial possibilities
gions. For instance, Norilsk Nickel is trans-
the utilisation thereof would even at the
of the Northeast Passage are now becom-
porting ore and metals from the port of
present time be profitable and sensible. He
ing apparent,” says Hernesniemi.
Dudinga, and a number of oil and gas
noted that a Panamax-class giant tanker
companies have started to transport oil
and liquefied natural gas (LNG) via the
Arctic Sea.
“They have created a round-the-year
shipping route utilising ships designed by
the Finland-based company Aker Arctic
Technologies.”
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