by Nadezhda Malysheva

PortNews

The interview was first published on the media platform of PortNews, a St. Petersburg-based informational-analytical agency, in November 2017

New routes for exporting Russian hydrocarbons are being opened up in the Far North, driving the increase in cargo shipping along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) in the Arctic.

We're talking to Sergey Kukushkin, who oversees Russia's Northern Sea Route Administration, about these developments, including foreign companies testing the NSR, as well as about shipping volumes, icebreaking and search and rescue services, and the Polar Code. Download PDF