China and Russia have agreed to cooperate more deeply in developing Arctic shipping routes amid deteriorating conditions between both countries and the West. The two countries will jointly develop the Northern Sea Route – which spans 5,600km (3,500 miles) from the Barents Sea near Scandinavia, Chinese media have reported. Last month, two Chinese heavy-lift vessels key to commissioning the second train arrived off the coast of the sanctioned Russian Arctic LNG 2 project after a five-week journey through challenging early winter sea ice,…
