Arctic
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Environment
Year-round Arctic voyages spark alarm
NGOs have hit out at news this week that Russia will begin year-round voyages from the Arctic to Asia along…
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Operations
US study sees new Arctic trade routes opening up
A new in-depth study of Arctic shipping over the coming decades points to a massive opening up of traffic in…
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Environment
IMO’s Arctic fuel oil ban comes in for heavy criticism
The International Maritime Organization’s proposed Arctic heavy fuel oil (HFO) ban, scheduled to be finalised in November, has come in…
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Operations
Study calls for speed-limit reductions on vessels in Arctic waters
A Canadian professor of marine biology says ship speeds need to be reduced in Arctic waters to protect mammals such…
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Bunkering
Arctic heavy fuel oil ban gains traction
As well as the historic first ever cap on greenhouse gas emissions agreed last week at the International Maritime Organization…
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Contributions
Strait talking on heavy fuel oil in the Arctic
Verner Wilson III from Friends of the Earth is in London this week for the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC)…
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Greater China
China lays down Arctic vision for a Polar Silk Road
China today laid down its vision for a ‘Polar Silk Road’, vowing to develop the Arctic as a shipping highway.…
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Americas
Canadian government scraps Arctic offshore drilling extensions
Canada will not offer extensions of existing Arctic offshore oil exploration licences to the companies – including some big-name players…
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Americas
Energy sector hits back at Obama administration’s far-reaching ban on offshore drilling
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday went ahead with his predicted ban on offshore drilling in most of the US…
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Americas
Obama set to permanently block huge swathes of Arctic waters from drilling leases
US President Barack Obama is set to put a permanent stop to offshore drilling rights sales for much of the…
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Americas
Obama administration’s five-year plan blocks drilling in Arctic waters
Two days after widespread media reports predicted it, on Friday the administration of US President Barack Obama blocked oil and…
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Americas
US offshore leasing plan expected to omit Arctic waters
Numerous news outlets reported on Wednesday that US President Barack Obama’s upcoming five-year plan for offshore leasing will omit rights…
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Americas
Case put forward for offshore drilling in the Arctic
Officials in the administration of US President Barack Obama and former senior military figures have spoken out in favour of…
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Operations
Arctic shipping to open up
Researchers at the UK’s University of Reading suggest shipping routes across the Arctic will open up dramatically in the coming…
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Americas
USCG blames Fennica grounding on outdated charts
The US Coast Guard (USCG) found that out-of-date navigational charts were to blame for the grounding of the icebreaker Fennica…
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Americas
US issues strict new regulations on Arctic drilling
The US Department of Interior (DOI) has released new, stricter rules governing any future oil drilling activity in the US…
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Americas
Future of offshore drilling in the US Arctic in the balance
The future of offshore oil and gas drilling in the US Arctic is in the balance as the Obama administration…
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Americas
Shell Canada donates its Arctic exploration permits to conservancy charity
Shell Canada, the Canadian subsidiary of the Anglo-Dutch supermajor, on Wednesday donated its Arctic offshore oil exploration rights to the…
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Americas
Shell gives up almost all its offshore Alaska drilling leases
Royal Dutch Shell on Tuesday formally gave up all but one of its leases to drill in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea,…
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Americas
NGOs call on the US and Nordics to ban use of HFO in the Arctic
NGOs have written an open letter to the leaders of the US, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, calling on them…
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