The record for the latest Northwest Passage transit has been set by the Dutch cargo ship AVONBORG which arrived at Becancour November 13. The ship sailed from Lianyungang. China October 16 with a load of carbon anodes for Becancour, Quebec. On October 31, the ship rounded Point Barrow, Alaska into the Arctic and the Beaufort Sea, entering Canadian waters November 2. She was through Bellot Strait November 5 and Fury and Hecla Strait the next day, exited Hudson Strait November 8, then turned south to sail along the Labrador coast before reaching Becancour on the 13th. The voyage was completed without icebreaker assistance.
AVONBORG is 143 metres long, 15,750 dwcc, ice class 1A – ship photo below
Western Mariner magazine – November 13, 2024, https://www.westernmariner.com/
