For the first time MMC Norilsk Nickel OJSC has sent its diesel-electric ship Monchegorsk to deliver the company’s cargo to China through the eastern part of the northern shipping lane along the route Murmansk-Dudinka-Busan-Shanghai, the press service said. According to the company this is the shortest lane for transportation of Norilsk Nockel products from its production places to consumers in Southeast Asia. The ship is expected to be sailing from Dudinka to Shanghai for 19-20 days (vs 60-65 days along the alternative route through the ports in Europe and the Suez Canal).
On the way back, NN plans to transport from Shanghai to Dudinka the materials needed by the company and consumer goods for the locals of Norilsk industrial region.
The company has been hatching the idea of transportation of the NN’s steel products to promising markets of Southeast Asia since 2005 while the company was designing its own icebreaker fleet. The implemented five years ago technical capabilities (Ice Class ARC7) allow the ice-class vessel to carry Norilsk Nickel’s cargo to consumers along the most unfriendly Northern routes.
Today, MMC Norilsk Nickel owns and operates 5 ice-class ARC7 cargo ships - the Arctic container carriers, such as the Norilsk Nickel. The propulsion system of Azipod type allow the vessels to sail in the most severe ice conditions.
MMC Norilsk Nickel OJSC is a diversified mining and metal producing company, a leading global producer of nickel, palladium, platinum, cobalt, copper and rhodium. The company specializes also in mining of gold, silver, iridium, osmium, selenium, ruthenium and tellurium.
The Company’s facilities are based across the world, operating in Russia (Norilsk Industrial Area and Kola Peninsula), Finland, USA, Australia, Botswana and South Africa.
On the way back, NN plans to transport from Shanghai to Dudinka the materials needed by the company and consumer goods for the locals of Norilsk industrial region.
The company has been hatching the idea of transportation of the NN’s steel products to promising markets of Southeast Asia since 2005 while the company was designing its own icebreaker fleet. The implemented five years ago technical capabilities (Ice Class ARC7) allow the ice-class vessel to carry Norilsk Nickel’s cargo to consumers along the most unfriendly Northern routes.
Today, MMC Norilsk Nickel owns and operates 5 ice-class ARC7 cargo ships - the Arctic container carriers, such as the Norilsk Nickel. The propulsion system of Azipod type allow the vessels to sail in the most severe ice conditions.
MMC Norilsk Nickel OJSC is a diversified mining and metal producing company, a leading global producer of nickel, palladium, platinum, cobalt, copper and rhodium. The company specializes also in mining of gold, silver, iridium, osmium, selenium, ruthenium and tellurium.
The Company’s facilities are based across the world, operating in Russia (Norilsk Industrial Area and Kola Peninsula), Finland, USA, Australia, Botswana and South Africa.