Cargo transportation along the Northern Sea Route was above the target by more than 250,000 metric tons, the press service of Russian state corporation Rosatom said.
“The cargo traffic along the Northern Sea Route in 2023 was updated. It totaled 36.254 mln metric tons. Therefore, it was more than 250,000 tons above the target,” the state corporation said.
Record high indicators of cargo traffic along the Northern Sea Route were managed to be achieved owing to state corporation’s partners, Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev said. This primary refers to Novatek, whose liquefied natural gas totaled more than a half of cargo traffic. “Gazprom Neft, Lukoil and Norilsk Nickel that redirected their cargoes from the western to the eastern direction also played a big role in increasing the transportation volume. As a result, we reached the target of 36 mln metric tons even before the New Year,” the chief executive said.
