The northern sea route from Asia to Europe is 40% shorter than the route by the Red Sea and the Suez canal, note experts.
China sends a container to Europe through the Northern Sea Route (SMP) within the outline of a plan that provides not a -oras, but regular flights. The rapid melting of the Arctic ice has long been attracting attention to the opportunities to reduce the transportation time of goods from Asia to Europe is about halfway through. In particular, on September 20, from the largest Chinese port Ninbo-Zhousesan will go to British FelicsTou, the Istanbul Bridge containers, Politico reports.
The media record that in the Arctic the ship will be accompanied by icebreakers.
The route of the northern sea from Asia to Europe is 40% shorter and “lower geopolitical uncertainty here than, for example, by the Red Sea and Suez canal, experts’ record.
In traditional trade routes, container trucks usually go according to the established schedule between specific ports, regardless of vessels are fully loaded or not.
The Chinese experiment, starting at the Istanbul Bridge, is trying to fix such a route.
However, its scale has been less important for a long time, experts say. In 2024, the SMP brought only 38 million tonnes of shipment, of which nearly 3 million tons of international.
Current delivery will make, “maybe 1% of the trade between the Far East and Northern Europe,” said Peter Send, chief analyst of Xneta Consulting Company who specializes in sea transportation.
Remember that the PRC’s PRC Lin Jiang representative said China considers the economic cooperation between the PRC and Russian federation and is not taught against any third party, therefore calling on other countries not to intervene in cooperation between Chinese and Russian companies.
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