Assessing the shipping in the Northern Sea Route: a qualitative approach

• Published in: Maritime Business Review
• Main Authors: Tseng, Po-Hsing, Pilcher, Nick
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Emerald 2017
• Subjects: Fuller; Northern Sea Route
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/mabr-06-2017-0013; https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/MABR-06-2017-0013/full/xml; https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/MABR-06-2017-0013/full/html

Purpose The Northern Sea Route (NSR) could become viable in the near future. If this happens, it will radically reduce sailing times and distances on routes from Asia to Northern Europe. However, although much has been written about the feasibility of the NSR, about the issues involved and about the...