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Big freighter traverses Northwest Passage for 1st time

2013-09-28 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: A large freighter completed a voyage through the hazardous Arctic Northwest Passage for the first time this week, showing the potential for cutting shipment times and costs as global warming opens new routes. The 75,000 deadweight-ton Nordic Orion, built in 2011 by a Japanese shipyard, left the Canadian Pacific port of Vancouver in early September and is scheduled to arrive in the Finnish port of Pori on October 7, according to AIS shipping data. The ship will deliver coking coal from Canadian...

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