Sea Legend Line, a wholly owned subsidiary of Worldwide Logistics Holding, has announced a China-Europe sailing using the Arctic / Northern Sea Route (NSR). The 4,890 teu ISTANBUL BRIDGE will make the maiden voyage from 20 Septmber 2025 calling at Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Felixstowe, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Gdansk. The ship is currently operated by Safetrans on the China-St Petersburg route via the Suez. The same ship, then named as FLYING FISH 1, had also performed a single eastbound Arctic/NSR
New New Shipping has deployed 4 ships on the China-St Petersburg Northern Sea Route service after the successful eastbound trial voyage by the 1,638 teu NEWNEW POLAR BEAR that finished its St Petersburg-Shanghai trip on 14 August after a 38 day voyage. The same ship has departed from Xingang on 22 August for a westbound voyage to St Petersburg, joining the 1,220 teu XIN XIN HAI 1 and the 2,741 teu XIN XIN TIAN 1 that have departed earlier on 1 August and 31 July respectively on the same route t
The Unitrans Group has made an unique China-Russia trip connect Taicang, Lianyungang, Nakhodka, St Petersburg via the Arctic route using the 650 teu icebreaking containership MONCHEGORSK. The 650 teu MONCHEGORSK left Taicang on 21 Oct and Lianyungang on 25 OctThe MONCHEGORSK is one of 5 'Arctic Express' series containerships built by Norilsk Nickel in 2006-2009 that normally operate on the Murmansk-Dudinka-Archangel route in the Arctic Ocean. The ship is making a return trip to Russia after dry