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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
St. Petersburg, February 27 /Xinhua/ — The potential for Russian-Chinese cooperation in developing the Northern Sea Route (NSR) is growing, and it is becoming an important route linking China and other Southeast Asian countries with Europe. This was stated in an interview with Xinhua by Vladimir Panov, special representative for Arctic development at the Russian state corporation Rosatom.
According to him, Russia and China are building effective cooperation in Arctic development at both the corporate and intergovernmental levels. "A target for cargo traffic between the two countries along the NSR (20 million tons by 2030) has been approved, and a memorandum on training Chinese crews for operations in polar waters has been signed," Panov noted.
"Traditional waterways connecting Europe with Asia pass through the territorial waters of a large number of countries. To ensure the safety of the route, it is necessary to cooperate with each of these countries," noted the Rosatom special representative, adding that "Russia has a unique fleet of nuclear-powered icebreakers. Rosatom already has eight such vessels at its disposal. Furthermore, four more unique nuclear-powered vessels are currently under construction, including the new "Lider" class."
V. Panov emphasized that international cooperation has been actively expanding in recent years. "We see great interest from Chinese shipping companies in transporting cargo along the NSR. For example, last year, the first fully international transit voyage departed from the port of Ningbo and arrived at the British port of Felixstowe," the expert noted.
The NSR is one of the most promising areas for global logistics development in the coming decades. "We now face a new challenge: transitioning navigation along the eastern NSR to year-round operation. This requires increasing the number of icebreakers, building high-quality Arctic-class vessels, and expanding the communications, port, and railway infrastructure linking the NSR to the mainland. All of this requires significant investment and joint efforts," noted V. Panov.
Rosatom's special representative expects a new historical record for container voyages on the NSR to be set in 2026. –0–
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