# Arctic News **URL:** \ **Category:** Maritime News\ **Created:** [January 6, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/arctic-news/50210 "2019-01-06T13:45:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 472
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 1:07pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/arctic-news/50210/472 "2024-02-15T13:07:14Z")
> **[Europe's northernmost cross-border railway still closed two months after ore...](https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/industry-and-energy/2024/02/europes-northernmost-cross-border-railway-still-closed-two-months-ore)** > > Halt in rail transport between Kiruna and Narvik causes big challenges for Sweden’s largest mining company. It also highlights the sensitivity of poor infrastructure for NATO’s military reinforcement of northernmost Scandinavia. > [@](#): > > It was a week before Christmas a fully-loaded iron-ore train, en route from Kiruna in northern Sweden to Narvik on the coast of the Norwegian Sea jumped off the rail at Vassijaure Station, not far from the border between the two countries. > At first, the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) believed the tracks could be restored within two weeks. Standstill, however, was prolonged into January. Snow storms late in the month and difficult restoration caused further delays. Now, by mid-February, traffic is still not restarted. Surprisingly there are not a lot of ships at anchor waiting for cargo at Narvik: > **[MarineTraffic: Global Ship Tracking Intelligence | AIS Marine Traffic](https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:17.8/centery:68.4/zoom:10)** > > MarineTraffic Live Ships Map. Discover information and vessel positions for vessels around the world. Search the MarineTraffic ships database of more than 550000 active and decommissioned vessels. Search for popular ships globally. Find locations of... --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/arctic-news/50210)._