The First-Ever Bulk Freighter To Pass Through The Arctic Was Carrying Coal

#transport_maritime #route_maritime_alternative #piraterie

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Big freighter traverses Northwest Passage for 1st time | Reuters

▻http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/27/shipping-coal-arctic-idUSL5N0HN25B20130927

Nordic Orion carrying Pacific Canadian coal to Finland

Voyage cut a week off time, saved $80,000 in fuel

Seen as high-risk, high-gain strategy -expert

U.N. publishes new climate change report on same day

* Analysts see commercial Arctic shipping as years away

#arctique #climat