Russia Sends Oil Tanker Without Ice Protection Through Arctic For First Time
In a sign of things to come Russia has sent the first non-ice class Aframax oil tanker into the Arctic. Hampered by Western sanctions a desperate Russia has decided to forgo long standing practices regarding ice-protection in an effort to reroute ever-larger amounts of crude oil to China, experts say.
September 12, 2023
Article originally published by High North News
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