Breaking the Ice: The Northern Sea Route

... the response team attempted to climb atop of the structure (BBC, 2013). Safety First! Suslin of Sovcomflot warned at the conference that even with these revolutionary new technologies, like double-hull plating and icebreaking capacity, the Arc 7 vessels ... ... ship (e.g. OOCL Atlanta), it burns 230 to 240 tons of diesel per day from its 7,000 tons tank. In the middle of 2013 'bunker fuel' (i.e. any type of fuel used by ships) traded at ~$600 per ton, which is up by ~297% from 2008 or in monetary ...