Highlights Ban for foreign transportation of Russian energy considered Rising temperatures could make route global transport corridor Russia’s nuclear-powered icebreakers have successfully escorted over a dozen ships stuck on the Northern Sea Route, state operating company Atomflot said Dec. 7, with the country considering restricting activities of foreign vessels along the route. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Since mid-November, Russian icebreakers Vaygach and Taymyr have been involved in rescue operations to escort vessels stuck in Arctic waters, including Finland’s Kumpula, to the Kara Sea, due to ice forming two weeks earlier than seen in the previous seven years. “Favorable ice conditions of past years distorted the impression of some shipowners how to work in the waters of the Northern Sea Route,” General Director Mustafa Kashka said. His comments come as Russia continues to work on legislation to prohibit foreign vessels […]