The Istanbul Bridge’s maiden voyage, originally expected to take 18 days, was delayed by two days due to a storm off the coast of Norway but the ship still reached Europe earlier than the 40 to 50 days it takes freighters going through the Suez Canal or around the Cape of Good Hope.
The new Northern Sea Route, running entirely through Arctic waters and within Russia’s exclusive economic zone, can now be navigated by ships due to global warming.
If Im not mistaken the route its not open all year but only in the summer months and a large portion of the route takes place in russias exclusive economic zone which gives them the right to board the ships passing through, which might cause some countries to use other alternative routes, but I guess we will just have to wait and see how it turns out.