This could have dramatic effects on both commercial shipping and hydrocarbon exploitation. Travel time for a container ship on the Rotterdam-Yokohama route could be cut by about a third by using the Arctic Ocean rather than the Suez Canal. Vessels could move freely, without the cumbersome – and expensive – ice-breakers on which they sometimes have to rely now.
Green Marine
about 19 years ago
Ice melt changes the geography
This could have dramatic effects on both commercial shipping and hydrocarbon exploitation. Travel time for a container ship on the Rotterdam-Yokohama route could be cut by about a third by using the Arctic Ocean rather than the Suez Canal. Vessels could move freely, without the cumbersome – and expe
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