Climate Change Opens Up Shorter Arctic Passage For LNG

The Cristophe de Margerie, an LNG carrier commissioned by
French Total, has become the first tanker to pass the Arctic
unaided and is now en route to its destination in Asia, the South
Korean port of Boryeong, Total said as quoted by AFP. The route via
the Bering Strait in the Arctic is 15 days—or 50 percent—shorter
than the traditional route for tankers through the Suez Canal, but
until recently it was impossible to make the journey without aid
from other vessels. Now, climate change has melted some of the ice,
making the shorter journey…

The Cristophe de Margerie, an LNG carrier commissioned by
French Total, has become the first tanker to pass the Arctic
unaided and is now en route to its destination in Asia, the South
Korean port of Boryeong, Total said as quoted by AFP. The route via
the Bering Strait in the Arctic is 15 days—or 50 percent—shorter
than the traditional route for tankers through the Suez Canal, but
until recently it was impossible to make the journey without aid
from other vessels. Now, climate change has melted some of the ice,
making the shorter journey…