{"id":2060,"date":"2024-08-11T19:17:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-11T17:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/?p=2060"},"modified":"2024-08-15T23:23:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T21:23:36","slug":"chinese-boxships-transiting-the-arctic-to-avoid-red-sea-route","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/2024\/08\/11\/chinese-boxships-transiting-the-arctic-to-avoid-red-sea-route\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Boxships transiting the Arctic to avoid Red Sea route"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/66ba03e067cdf6gbft.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/66ba03e067cdf6gbft.jpg 900w, https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/66ba03e067cdf6gbft-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/66ba03e067cdf6gbft-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/66ba03e067cdf6gbft-500x300.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Xin Xin Hai 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Two Chinese container ships, <em>Xin Xin Hai 1<\/em> and <em>Xin Xin Hai 2<\/em>, are <a href=\"https:\/\/gcaptain.com\/chinese-container-ships-take-arctic-shortcut-avoiding-red-sea\/\">navigating the Arctic<\/a> using Russia\u2019s Northern Sea Route to connect China with Europe, aiming to bypass the Red Sea and Cape of Good Hope. <em>Xin Xin Hai 1<\/em>, with a 21,279 DWT capacity, departed from Taicang on July 5 and is currently escorted by the nuclear icebreaker <em>Sibir<\/em>. <em>Xin Xin Hai 2<\/em>, a larger vessel with a 29,008 DWT capacity, left Rizhao in mid-July and is heading towards the Bering Strait. Both ships will reach Arkhangelsk in northwest Russia before proceeding to Baltic ports. The New New Shipping Line, which operates these vessels, began Arctic operations last summer and plans to expand its activities. Panamax container ships, including <em>Flying Fish 1<\/em>, <em>SFT Turkey<\/em>, and <em>SFT Egypt<\/em>, are also set to use the route, marking a significant increase in traffic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Chinese container ships, Xin Xin Hai 1 and Xin Xin Hai 2, are navigating the Arctic using Russia\u2019s Northern Sea Route to connect China with Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2060"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2062,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2060\/revisions\/2062"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}