A massive container ship completed its first Arctic voyage. The 294 m long Panamax Ship Flying Fish 1 sailed from St Petersburg in the Baltic Sea to China in just over three weeks, cutting around two weeks off the conventional route via the Suez Canal.
It will reach Shanghai today. It is operated by EZ Safetrans Logistics, based in Hong Kong.
Ten years ago, summer container shipping across Russia’s Northern Sea Route was unimaginable, but this year, the...