The Northeast Passage is Alive and Well: Russian Arctic Ports Up 20%, Handling 70 Million Tons of Goods
Practically all the major ports along Russia’s northern coast are experiencing a significant increase in goods volumes. In Sabetta, the new port in the Yamal Peninsula, the year-on-year growth for the first 8 months of the year is as big as 100 percent.
A total of 18,4 million tons of goods were handled in Sabetta in the period, figures from the Association of Russian Seaports show.