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Northern Sea Route Transit Hits 6 Million Tonnes, Nearly Double Last Year: Minister

© Sputnik / Mikhail Fomichev / Go to the mediabankFiftieth Anniversary of Victory nuclear powered icebreaker escorting the Baltica tanker of Sovcomflot along the Northern Sea Route from Murmansk to China's Ningbo harbor.
Fiftieth Anniversary of Victory nuclear powered icebreaker escorting the Baltica tanker of Sovcomflot along the Northern Sea Route from Murmansk to China's Ningbo harbor. - Sputnik India, 1920, 11.11.2026
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Transit cargo on the Northern Sea Route reached 6 million tonnes by early November, nearly double the figure for the same period last year, Minister for the Development of the Russia's Far East and Arctic Alexei Chekunkov said.
"By early November, transit cargo on the NSR has already reached 6 million tonnes — almost double the growth on the previous year," Mr Chekunkov said at a meeting of the State Duma Committee on the Development of the Far East and Arctic.
The indicator is expected to keep growing, he added.
Over the past 10 years, cargo traffic on the Northern Sea Route has grown almost tenfold, to 38 million tonnes by the end of 2025, the head of the Ministry for the Development of the Far East and Arctic recalled. That result was driven by new Arctic projects and rising demand for transit shipments, including from foreign partners.
Sovcomflot LNG ship Christophe de Margerie and Russian icebreaker 50 Let Pobedy traverse the Northern Sea Route in February 2021, the first commercial cargo vessel to do so - Sputnik India, 1920, 03.11.2026
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