RUSSIA's Arctic port of Arkhangelsk has experienced 10 Chinese containership calls in one year compared to one call the year before, reports Ventura, California's gCaptain.
In total the port handled 13,500 TEU in 2024, compared to just 380 TEU in the preceding 12 months.
The increase is driven by several Chinese shipping companies making a push into the Arctic over the last several years. NewNew Shipping Line and EZ Safetrans Logistics established scheduled seasonal liner service along the Northern Sea Route connecting Russia to China.
In total NewNew Shipping Line completed 17 voyages across the route last year.
Chinese state-owned Cosco completed 100 voyages across the Arctic in the last 10 years, but hasn't sailed the route since 2022.
For 2025 Arkhangelsk expects to double arrivals again to total of at least 20 vessels.
Russian officials also expect co-operation with companies in Malaysia and India to pay dividends and replace Western operators who turned away from the Arctic.
Prior to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine a number of European companies, including Danish Maersk, tested the Arctic waters. Since then, around 95 per cent of cargo shipments, outside of hydrocarbon resources, flow between Russia and China.
Total cargo volume including bulk shipments at Arkhangelsk increased by 30 per cent last year, with the port handling around six million tons. Its current capacity stands at 11 million tons allowing for further growth.
Expansion plans for a new deep-water port around 70 kilometres from Arkhangelsk are also in the works to receive larger vessels up to 75,000 dwt and container ships up to 5,000 TEU.
'We need to increase international cooperation, promote our port at all possible sites so that other countries know that there is Arkhangelsk, which has its own advantages, and it is possible to send virtually any cargo through our port in any direction and along the NSR, both to the east and to the west,' a Russian government official told Russian TASS.
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In total the port handled 13,500 TEU in 2024, compared to just 380 TEU in the preceding 12 months.
The increase is driven by several Chinese shipping companies making a push into the Arctic over the last several years. NewNew Shipping Line and EZ Safetrans Logistics established scheduled seasonal liner service along the Northern Sea Route connecting Russia to China.
In total NewNew Shipping Line completed 17 voyages across the route last year.
Chinese state-owned Cosco completed 100 voyages across the Arctic in the last 10 years, but hasn't sailed the route since 2022.
For 2025 Arkhangelsk expects to double arrivals again to total of at least 20 vessels.
Russian officials also expect co-operation with companies in Malaysia and India to pay dividends and replace Western operators who turned away from the Arctic.
Prior to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine a number of European companies, including Danish Maersk, tested the Arctic waters. Since then, around 95 per cent of cargo shipments, outside of hydrocarbon resources, flow between Russia and China.
Total cargo volume including bulk shipments at Arkhangelsk increased by 30 per cent last year, with the port handling around six million tons. Its current capacity stands at 11 million tons allowing for further growth.
Expansion plans for a new deep-water port around 70 kilometres from Arkhangelsk are also in the works to receive larger vessels up to 75,000 dwt and container ships up to 5,000 TEU.
'We need to increase international cooperation, promote our port at all possible sites so that other countries know that there is Arkhangelsk, which has its own advantages, and it is possible to send virtually any cargo through our port in any direction and along the NSR, both to the east and to the west,' a Russian government official told Russian TASS.
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