🇷🇺🇨🇳⚡️- "Russia's state nuclear giant Rosatom, operator of the Northern Sea Route ​via the Arctic, said on Friday ‌it had issued permits for seven Chinese transit vessels to sail to Europe via the ​NSR.

"Unlike previous container ​shipments via the Northern Sea Route, which were largely experimental or one-off in nature, the 2026 ​programme provides for a fully-fledged regular ​service with vessels sailing every week throughout the navigation ‌season." ⁠Likhachev said in a statement.

Likhachev said the route ​was becoming a transport artery of ​global ⁠significance as the situation in the Persian Gulf deteriorated - a reference to the ⁠Strait ​of Hormuz situation - and as ​logistical and political uncertainty grew." - Reuters.