Yeah, as the Clean Arctic Alliance recently said in response to China’s new containership route through the Arctic:

An increase in shipping in the Arctic will lead to

• an increase in shipping’s global climate impact due to black carbon emissions – which have a disproportionately higher impact when emitted in the Arctic,
• an increase in disturbance to wildlife and to communities dependent on marine resources due to increased ship pollution including underwater noise in a comparatively quiet ocean, and
• an increase in the risk of damaging oil spills.

As one report said, as the Arctic ice vanishes, maritime traffic boom fuels the climate crisis.

… yay … ?

This is why Svalbard is on Putin’s list of nexts if he is not stopped.

The push reflects Beijing’s need to diversify its export markets to sustain growth in an economy heavily dependent on selling its manufactured goods overseas.

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.