Haijie Shipping’s Dubai Tower reached Teesport on 9 September 2026, completing the first voyage of the carrier’s regular 2026 China-Europe Arctic container service.
PanStar Acro was scheduled to sail from Busan to Europe via the Northern Sea Route on South Korea’s first commercial Arctic voyage, carrying 837 TEU on a 40-45 day journey.
Russia’s Arc7 LNG carrier Alexey Kosygin has sailed north toward the NSR after delivery to Sovcomflot, drawing attention to winter-capable shipping linked to Arctic LNG 2.
China completed 14 NSR container voyages in 2025, up from 11 in 2024. The season ran 16 July–30 October 2025; Rosatomflot reported about 400,000 tonnes.
The European Union has lifted sanctions on Red Box Energy Services’ Polar Class heavy-lift vessels Audax and Pugnax, previously tied to Russian Arctic LNG construction, gCaptain reported.
Russia and China signed a non-binding MoU to jointly develop Arctic shipping via the Northern Sea Route, reinforcing strategic cooperation while maintaining flexibility.
