Category: Asia-Pacific

  • China explores Arctic route to Europe, cutting transit times

    China explores Arctic route to Europe, cutting transit times

    Chinese shipping companies are expanding Arctic routes to reduce transit times to Europe and bypass chokepoints such as the Suez Canal. SeaLegend Line, founded in 2022, has dispatched its first Arctic express vessel, Istanbul Bridge, from Qingdao. The ship, carrying around 4,100 containers, will call at Felixstowe, Rotterdam, Hamburg, and Gdansk, and is expected in…