News / Maersk pips Cosco to first Arctic route box run

The impact of global warming and the continuous retreat of Arctic Sea ice has opened up a potential new box shipping route between Asia and Europe that could chop at least one-third off of transit times for time-sensitive goods.

With Chinese state-owned carrier Cosco known to be eyeing a new container service after successfully using the Northern Sea Route (NSR) for heavylift cargo in the past few years, Maersk has jumped ahead of the pack to become the first to use the ...