MOSCOW, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The volume of cargo traffic along the Northern Sea Route this year is nearing 40 million tons, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on Wednesday.
"Cargo traffic along the Northern Sea Route is steadily approaching 40 million tons. We expect that by the end of the decade it will exceed 100 million tons," Mishustin said at the plenary session of the 18th International Forum "Transport of Russia."