Japan, US, South Korea move towards Arctic MOU　日米韓、北極圏協力で覚書へ　邦船各社の新たな商機となるか

Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi to sign with US and South Korean counterparts in New York as opportunities expand from energy transport to Arctic shipping routes

茂木敏充外相、米韓外相とNYで署名　資源輸送から北極海航路まで商機広がる

　Japan, the US and South Korea are making arrangements to conclude a memorandum of understanding (MOU) centred on maritime co-operation in the Arctic and the expansion of energy supplies, according to multiple sources familiar with Japan-US relations as of September 20.

　Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun are expected to meet in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly and sign the MOU on Arctic co-operation.

　A senior executive at a major Japanese shipping company told Maritime Bridge Japan by telephone on the afternoon of September 20: “If a framework for Japan-US-South Korea co-operation on Arctic shipping routes is established, we would like to take a positive view of it as a new business opportunity for Japanese shipping companies, including in energy transport.”

■The full article covers the following topics (approximately 2,000 Japanese characters)

→ Japan, the US and South Korea move towards an MOU on Arctic co-operation, creating a new framework for maritime and energy collaboration

→ China deploys container shipping services to Europe via the NSR as South Korea moves towards commercial use

→ US expands its icebreaker fleet and accelerates development of maritime infrastructure in the Arctic

→ Japanese shipping companies see opportunities in LNG and other resource transport, drawing on their experience in ice navigation

→ Arctic business opportunities broaden from vessel operations to shipbuilding, seafarers and sea-ice information services

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日米韓、北極圏協力で覚書へ　邦船各社の新たな商機となるか

茂木敏充外相、米韓外相とNYで署名　資源輸送から北極海航路まで商機広がる

　複数の日米関係筋の話として20日までに、日本、米国、韓国の3か国が北極圏での海洋協力とエネルギー供給拡大を柱とする覚書（MOU）の締結に向けて調整していることが分かった。茂木敏充外相、マルコ・ルビオ米国務長官、韓国の趙顕外相が国連総会に合わせてニューヨークで会談し、北極圏での協力に関するMOUに署名する見通しだ。

　20日午後、Maritime Bridge Japanの電話取材に応じた日本の海運大手幹部は、「北極圏航路に関して日米韓の協力枠組みが作られるのであれば、日本の海運会社にとってもエネルギー輸送など新たな商機として積極的に捉えていきたい」と話した。

■記事本文では以下の内容を読むことができます（記事全文約2,000文字）

→ 日米韓が北極圏協力でMOUへ、海洋・エネルギー分野で新たな枠組み

→ 中国はNSRで欧州向けコンテナ輸送、韓国も商業利用に向けて始動

→ 米国は砕氷船隊を増強、北極圏での海洋インフラ整備を加速

→ LNGなど資源輸送で、日本船社が培ってきた氷海航行の経験に商機

→ 船舶運航から造船・船員・海氷情報まで、北極圏ビジネスの裾野広がる

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