{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"Northern Sea Route (NSR)","description":"A South Korean operator sends a container vessel carrying 837 TEU from Busan across the Bering Sea towards Rotterdam – the passage it takes is the Northern Sea Route. The term covers the shipping lane running along Russia's Arctic coast between the Bering Strait and the Barents Sea, linking East Asia with Northern Europe and cutting the distance substantially compared with the traditional Suez Canal routing. Sailings are heavily seasonal and largely confined to the low-ice summer and autumn mont","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/northern-sea-route-nsr","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-09-06T04:16:47.352402","citation":"Frachtportal-News «Südkorea startet erste kommerzielle Container-Testfahrt über die Arktis» (24.08.2026); Reuters; Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Südkorea","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/northern-sea-route-nsr","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Northern Sea Route (NSR) · A South Korean operator sends a container vessel carrying 837 TEU from Busan across the Bering Sea towards Rotterdam – the passage it takes is the Northern Sea Route. · Quelle: Frachtportal-News «Südkorea startet erste kommerzielle Container-Testfahrt über die Arktis» (24.08.2026); Reuters; Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Südkorea"}