arirangnews2013.9.16---韩国现代Glovis推出北极海航线航运服务

arirangnews2013.9.16---韩国现代Glovis推出北极海航线航运服务
A Korean shipping company has launched a pilot service on a new Arctic route connecting Asia with Europe, becoming the first company to use a North Pole route.
Our Sohn Jung-in reports. The Swedish icebreaker Stena Polaris set sail from the port of Ust-Luga on the Gulf of Finland in western Russia on Sunday carrying Korean cargo for Hyundai Glovis.
The company is making use of a new Arctic Ocean route, becoming the first Korean shipper to send cargo through the North Pole.
The ship is carrying 4,000 tons of naphtha to Korea.
Using the Arctic route can cut the travel distance from Korea to northern European countries by 7-thousand kilometers and the duration of the journey by about 10 days compared to the time it takes using the conventional shipping route through the Indian Ocean and the Suez Canal.
"If we increase the number of operations using the North Pole route and expand our various Arctic development projects, we feel this could bring about a commercial breakthrough in the near future."
The nation's shipping business has high expectations for the new route, which could help reduce distribution costs.
"We pushed ahead with this new route to strengthen our global marine competitiveness and Korea's vitalization of North Pole business."
The Stena Polaris is scheduled to arrive back at Korea's Gwangyang Port in mid-October.
Sohn Jung-in, Arirang News.
韩国船公司已经推出了一个新的北极航线连接亚洲与欧洲的试点服务，成为第一家使用北极航线。
孙某荣在报告中。乌斯季卢加港韩国现代Glovis公司的货物在芬兰湾上周日在俄罗斯西部账面瑞典破冰船的Stena宝来启航。
公司正在使用一个新的北冰洋航线，成为韩国第一个托运人发送货物通过北极。
该船运载4,000万吨石脑油韩国。
使用北极航线可以切断旅行距离从韩国到北欧国家的7万公里，旅途长短，由10天左右的时间相比，它需要使用传统的海运航线经过印度洋和苏伊士运河。
“如果我们使用北极航线经营，并扩大我们的各种北极开发项目数量增加，我们觉得这可能会在不久的将来带来的商业突破。”
全国范围内的航运业务有很高的期望，为新航线，这将有助于降低流通成本。
“我们推进这条新航线，以加强我们的全球海洋上的竞争力和韩国的振兴北极业务。”
的Stena北极星到达预定在10月中旬在韩国的光阳港。
孙某荣，阿里郎新闻。