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First container ship to navigate an Arctic sea route
August 26 , 2018
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- The Venta Maersk carrying 600 containers have become the World’s 1st container ship to sail on the ‘Warmer’ Arctic route.
- Maersk has decided to use ultra-low sulfur fuel (ULSFO) for this trail to comply with the Emission Control Area or ECA requirements for the Baltic and Northern sea regions.
- It has left the Russian port of Vladivostok on the way to St Petersburg by late September
The Soro Enshi container ship, operated by A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, sails from Yangshan Deep Water Port in this aerial photograph taken in Shanghai, China, on Tuesday, July 10, 2018. China told companies to boost imports of goods from soybeans to seafood and automobiles from countries other than the U.S. after trade tensions between the world's two biggest economies escalated into a tariff war last week. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg[/caption]
- It will collect the data to check the viability of the route for passage
- The route was once considered ‘impossible’ due to the presence of ice, but now higher Arctic temperatures combined with advances in shipping made it more viable
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