Rosatom discussing collaboration with South Korea on Northern Sea Route - CEO

MOSCOW. March 12 (Interfax) - Rosatom state nuclear energy corporation continues to develop collaboration with China and India along the Northern Sea Route, and South Korea is joining, Rosatom CEO Alexei Likhachev said at the company's information day.

"We have maintained NSR cargo traffic at a record level of over 37 million tons over the past two years despite the severe sanctions pressure facing all Arctic projects. We aim to achieve a new record," Likhachev emphasized in the corporate publication Strana Rosatom.

"Northern deliveries are developing. Chukotka received the necessary cargo before the ice formed in October 2025 for the first time in five years. This allowed the regional budget to save at least 100 million rubles on icebreaker escorts. Rosatom should begin delivering cargo to other regions as well this year," Likhachev noted.

"We are implementing the president's directive to create the Trans-Arctic Transport Corridor. It will connect all territories adjacent to the NSR and combine the capabilities of seaborne, river way, railway, and roadway transport, both for the benefit of our country and for international shipping," Likhachev added.