North Sea Route NSR transits between 2024 and 2025 are showing fair to strong growth for most sea freight categories, although the actual voyage numbers remain low, the latest data by analytics firm Intermodal shows.
The strongest performance in vessel traffic through the Arctic was recorded in the bulk carrier sector where a year-on-year y-o-y increase was recorded of 15 to 23 vessels, an increase of 53.3.
In container freight 15 box ships used the NSR in 2025 compared with 11 in 2024, an increase of 36.4.
