Northern Sea Route. In November, the keel was laid for the sixth Project 22220 multi-purpose nuclear icebreaker, Stalingrad, while the commissioning of the fourth icebreaker of the same design, Chukotka, is planned for 2026. A total of eight nuclear icebreakers now service the Northern Sea Route, four of which belong to the most advanced Project 22220 series. A record 24 transit container voyages on the NSR were completed in 2025, up from 14 the previous year. The total volume of transit cargo grew by 3.82% to a new high of 3.2 million metric tons. A landmark event was the successful completion of the first-ever transit container voyage from China to Europe via the Northern Sea Route.