Chinese ship off for Europe through Arctic, halving travel time

BEIJING – A Chinese container vessel has set sail for Europe through the Arctic, part of new weekly service on a route that cuts shipment times in half but which environmental groups warn could speed up the melting of polar ice.  The “Dubai Tower” left the eastern port city of Ningbo on Saturday evening heading... The post Chinese ship off for Europe through Arctic, halving travel time appeared first on New Era .