When the Venta Maersk, a ship owned by Denmark’s AP Møller-Maersk, set sail in 2018 from Vladivostok in the far east of Russia towards St Petersburg in the west, the voyage was reported as a harbinger of things to come. It was the first container ship to head for Europe from Asia via the Northern Sea Route, through the Arctic Ocean, instead of the Suez Canal. It was speculated that, as Arctic temperatures rose and sea ice cover fell, the time and cost savings would make such trips routine.
当丹麦AP Møller Maersk旗下的Venta Maersk于2018年从俄罗斯远东的符拉迪沃斯托克驶向西部的圣彼得堡时,据报道,这次航行预示着未来的趋势发展。这是第一艘从亚洲经北冰洋的北海航线而不是苏伊士运河驶往欧洲的集装箱船。据推测,随着北极气温的升高和海冰覆盖面积的减少,节省时间和成本将使这种航行成为惯例。