The Arctic Silk Road an ambitious £240 billion megaproject led by Russia and China, aims to create a faster and more efficient shipping route between Europe and Asia.
The ambitious plan offers an alternative to the Suez Canal and Cape of Good Hope and is being hailed as “the future of international trade.”
Stretching across Russia’s northern coastline, the route takes advantage of melting Arctic ice to open new maritime pathways
Experts’ projects that the route could cut off to two weeks off the travel time for ships journeying from China to Europe.
