China’s first merchant ship to sail from Asia to Europe via the Arctic Sea departed Dalian last week.
The Website SinoShip News reports COSCO’s multi-purpose ship Yong Sheng, is scheduled to arrive in Rotterdam port on Sept. 11.
The wire service AFP reported that according to Rosatomflot, a Russian operator of icebreakers, 46 ships used the so-called “Northeast Passage” across the top of Siberia, compared with four in 2010.
Chinese ship to use Northeast Passage
