In 2025, Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev and Chinese Transport Minister Liu Wei committed to jointly developing and marketing shipping services along the Northern Sea Route.
In October 2025, a joint roadmap was approved with the goal of reaching 20 million tons of annual shipping traffic between Russia and China via the Northern Sea Route by 2030.
Chinese shipping companies made 17 container voyages via the Northern Sea Route in 2025. What makes the Northern Sea Route so attractive is its geographical location. A large container ship departing from China can complete its journey to Europe in approximately 20 days, nearly twice as fast as the traditional southern route through the Suez Canal.
Furthermore, the Northern Sea Route reduces the transit time between Asia and Europe by 30-40%, significantly lowering fuel consumption. To enhance navigational safety in the Arctic, Russia and China signed a memorandum of understanding last year on training Chinese ship crews to operate in polar conditions.
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