The CNPC and the Silk Road Fund own 20 percent and 9,9 percent respectively of the Yamal LNG. Most of them work for companies involved in regional oil, gas and coal projects, among them Novatek’s Arctic LNG 2, Rosneft’s Vostok Oil, the Syradasaysky coal project in Taymyr, as well as Gazprom’s offshore well drilling.Ĭhinese companies are directly and indirectly involved in several of the projects, and first of all in the LNG projects. “I believe China looks at the Northern Sea Route as a back-up option, as one of several silk roads that can be applied in case of conflicts on the southern routes,” the expert says.Īccording to the Northern Sea Route Administration, there were on the 19th of August more than 80 ships on the route. Grigoriev, who has worked with issues of Russian Arctic transportation and natural resources for more than two decades, says the Chinese for a long time carefully have studied the Northern Sea Route. “The feeling among international shippers and traders is that everything that goes through Russia now is like acid,” he says. In a recent interview with Russian journal Korabel, Russian Arctic expert Mikhail Grigoriev says international shipping companies now carefully steer clear of Russia. With the exception of LNG carriers that shuttle to natural gas terminal Sabetta, they are all Russian. ![]() While practically all of the world’s biggest shipping companies have cut ties with Russia following its war against Ukraine, the Chinese company continues to operate in Russia.Īs of 22nd of August, the managing body that is run by Russia’s state nuclear company Rosatom has granted sailing permission to a total of 869 vessels. The absence comes despite COSCO’s continued cooperation with Russia. Several of them have carried big industrial modules and components, like wind turbines, to Western Europe and Scandinavia.īut this year, the Chinese appear to shun the north Russian waters. Over the past years, the Chinese shipping company has sent a number of ships across the Arctic route. Judging from data from the Russian Northern Sea Route Administration, COSCO has not applied for sailing permission for a single of its vessels. Ice maps show open water across the lion’s share of the more than 5000 km long route that connects the Pacific with European Russia.īut the vanishing sea-ice notwithstanding, there will this year hardly be any foreign ships sailing the Northern Sea Route.Ībsence despite continued cooperation with Russia The far northern shipping route that stretches along Russia’s Arctic coast is almost ice-free and shipping in the area will soon reach this year’s peak. (Atle Staalesen/The Independent Barents Observer)įor the first time in several years, China’s state shipping company COSCO is not not sailing on the Northern Sea Route. They are assisted by expert broadcasters from the respective areas.China’s biggest shipping company COSCO sends container carrier from Shanghai. The Tamil service like the Hindi and Bengali services are mostly run by the Chinese students who have learnt the languages in the Peking University, which runs language courses in vast number of foreign languages. ![]() It also said that plans are afoot to introduce Tamil software to mobile phone users to provide information about China. The Tamil service has attracted large overseas listeners and has over 350 listeners clubs, a CRI press release said. ![]() Jacob felicitated the Tamil Service on the golden jubilee. The service at present provides eight hours of programme everyday which included four-hour shortwave service and four FM service broadcasts from Colombo.Ī colourful function was organised in the Indian embassy here to mark the occasion in which a number of Tamil scholars and Tamil enthusiasts from Tamil Nadu and China took part. The CRI Tamil service was founded in Aug 1, 1963, and has expanded its operations on a multimedia communication platform with a mixture of shortwave broadcasting service, FM service, website, mobile and magazine services. The Tamil service of the state-run China Radio International (CRI) on Saturday celebrated its golden jubilee here, marking 50 years of uninterrupted broadcasting to various parts of the world besides India and Sri Lanka.ĬRI previously known as Radio Peking, broadcasts in about 56 languages including Hindi, Bengali and Urdu besides Tamil and English every day.
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