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First supertanker sails route from Russia to China via Arctic
last update: Sep 03, 2010 11:43 AM
From an "USA Today" article: A supertanker has sailed the treacherous Northern Sea Route through the Arctic enroute to China for the first time, cutting in half the time it would take through the Suez Canal.
The "Baltica", a giant Russian commercial supertanker is carrying 70,000 tons of gas from Murmansk in Russia for Ningbo in China along a route normally sailed only by smaller cargo vessels, cutting the route by almost 5000 miles. The other possitive thing is that there are no sea pirates in the Arctic.
According to The Alaska Dispatch; experts believe that a tanker sailing from Murmansk to Shanghai could save $1 million in fuel and get there in 22 days instead of 42. The only setback is that the route through the Arctic Circle is only navigable for two to three months each summer.
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USA Today, 2nd September 2010
