Yong Sheng
The Yong Sheng is a Chinese bulk carrier that made an historic trip across Russia's Northern Sea Route in 2013.[1] She was the first Chinese vessel to use the Northern Sea Route.[2]
She left Dalian, heading to Rotterdam, across Russia, on August 8, 2013.[2] This route was expected to take 35 days, two weeks less time than going south, and through the Suez Canal. However, the vessel arrived on September 10, 2013, in 33 days.[3]
Nunatsiaq News pointed out that, unlike the entrance to the Red Sea, there is no risk of attack by pirates on Northern routes.[3]
The Yong Sheng displaces 19,000 tonnes.[2]
Ben Anderson, writing in the Alaska Dispatch, reminded readers that when fans of Northern shipping routes look forward to an "ice free" Arctic, it will only be ice free for a few months.[4]
References
- ↑ Infographic: Navigating the Northwest Passage, The Globe and Mail, 2013-09-18. “Route of the cargo ship Yong Sheng, which arrived in Rotterdam on Sept. 10 after sailing across the Northern Sea Route from a Chinese port.”
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Robin McKie. China's voyage of discovery to cross the less frozen north, The Guardian, 2013-08-18. Retrieved on 2024-01-03. “They are intrigued, not by its cargo, but by its route – for the Yong Sheng is headed in the opposite direction from the Netherlands and sailing towards the Bering Strait that separates Russia and Alaska.”
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 An Arctic first: Chinese cargo ship reaches Europe via the Northeast Sea Route, Nunatsiaq News, 2013-09-12. Retrieved on 2024-01-03. “A Chinese cargo ship has crossed the top of Arctic Russia via the Northeast Sea Route for the first time, reaching the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands Sept. 10.”
- ↑ Ben Anderson. Yong Sheng: Why Arctic voyage of Chinese cargo ship is business as usual, Alaska Dispatch, 2013-09-03. Retrieved on 2024-01-03.