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Arctic shipping a daunting prospect in hotly contested region

Shipping companies are looking to the Arctic as Gulf turmoil reduces traffic through the Suez Canal, prompting interest in faster Europe‑Asia routes.

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Shipping companies are looking to the Arctic as Gulf turmoil reduces traffic through the Suez Canal, prompting interest in faster Europe‑Asia routes. Container vessels from China and South Korea plan to navigate the Northern Sea Route within Russian territorial waters in the coming weeks. The trial aims to assess the route’s commercial viability as climate change increasingly leaves the passage ice‑free.

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