In 2000, about 1.6 million tons of cargo were transported along the Northern Sea Route. The Soviet record of 1986 - about 6.5 million tons - seemed unattainable at the time.
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In 2025, 37 million tons were transported along the Northern Sea Route. This is 23 times more than in 2000, and almost six times the Soviet maximum.
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What has changed:
In 2018, according to the law signed by Vladimir Putin, Rosatom became the operator of the Northern Sea Route - the route now has one owner.
The country is building new nuclear icebreakers. "Arctic", "Siberia", "Ural" and "Yakutia" are already operational, "Chukotka" will be operational in 2027, "Leningrad" and "Stalingrad" are next in line;.
Big projects started working in the Arctic region: LNG, oil, new ports.
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Only Russia has a nuclear icebreaker fleet in the world.