Venta Maersk container ship with a cargo of frozen fish has become the first to pass along the Northern Sea Route from Vladivostok to St. Petersburg, according to a global ship tracking intelligence portal.
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 28th September, 2018) Venta Maersk container ship with a cargo of frozen fish has become the first to pass along the Northern Sea Route from Vladivostok to St. Petersburg, according to a global ship tracking intelligence portal.
The voyage took 28 days, MarineTraffic ships database revealed.
Following the results of this voyage, an assessment would be made of the safety of the Northern Sea Route.
The Northern Sea Route stretches the entire length of Russia's Arctic and Far East regions and is the shortest sea route between the European part of Russia and the Far East.
