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Chinese cargo ship makes inaugural journey, reshaping global trade

1 points by thelastgallon ↗ HN
To Europe, via Arctic circle, 20 days vs 40 days. No Suez Canal. A single transit toll through the Suez Canal typically ranges from $30,000 to over $1.5 million per vessel. Saves both time and money.

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siamese_puff
This sounds awesome. Can anyone comment on the plethora of negative articles seemingly trying to balance out this positive news with the cargo ship fire in China 2 days ago? Orchestrated media manipulation or coincidence? Not a conspiracy theorist just curious
apothegm
Positive if you consider the disappearance of the arctic ice caps to be a positive thing, I suppose?
nbernard
I understand Russia (Rosatom) charges a 6 digit toll on this route, but I have not seen hard numbers.