Opening Of New Arctic Shipping Routes
Neither the Northwest nor the Northeast Passage has so far become important in international shipping. Nevertheless, the prospects should be re-assessed in light of new circumstances in the Arctic, especially the changing ice situation which makes it possible to envisage a future with drastically in...
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ftarcticportal:oai:generic.eprints.org:1564 2023-05-15T14:22:36+02:00 Opening Of New Arctic Shipping Routes Jensen, Øystein Arild, MOE 2010-08 application/pdf http://library.arcticportal.org/1564/ http://library.arcticportal.org/1564/1/Arild_Moe_%C3%98ystein_JENSEN.pdf http://www.europarl.europa.eu/activities/committees/studies.do?language=EN en eng Stefan Schultz http://library.arcticportal.org/1564/1/Arild_Moe_%C3%98ystein_JENSEN.pdf Jensen, Øystein and Arild, MOE (2010) Opening Of New Arctic Shipping Routes. Documentation. Stefan Schultz, Brussels. Shipping Monograph NonPeerReviewed 2010 ftarcticportal 2022-03-24T20:15:43Z Neither the Northwest nor the Northeast Passage has so far become important in international shipping. Nevertheless, the prospects should be re-assessed in light of new circumstances in the Arctic, especially the changing ice situation which makes it possible to envisage a future with drastically increased shipping activity. This paper argues, however, that developments on the two sea routes in question today are not straight forward. In the case of the Northwest Passage, ice problems are expected to remain a major limiting factor for many years and the Canadian authorities are not actively promoting international usage of the route, something which is partly related to legal controversies over the status of the passage. In the case of the Northeast Passage, Russia actively advertises its Northern Sea Route, seeing rapidly improving ice conditions. However, the commercial conditions remain uncertain and necessary investments in icebreakers and infrastructure are so far missing. The Northern Sea Route may, besides its regional usage, especially in the western part, have the potential for limited transits in the most favourable season. The Russian vision of year-round transit traffic seems quite unrealistic within the perspective of this decade. Book Arctic Arctic Northeast Passage Northern Sea Route Northwest passage Arctic Portal Library Arctic Northwest Passage |
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Neither the Northwest nor the Northeast Passage has so far become important in international shipping. Nevertheless, the prospects should be re-assessed in light of new circumstances in the Arctic, especially the changing ice situation which makes it possible to envisage a future with drastically increased shipping activity. This paper argues, however, that developments on the two sea routes in question today are not straight forward. In the case of the Northwest Passage, ice problems are expected to remain a major limiting factor for many years and the Canadian authorities are not actively promoting international usage of the route, something which is partly related to legal controversies over the status of the passage. In the case of the Northeast Passage, Russia actively advertises its Northern Sea Route, seeing rapidly improving ice conditions. However, the commercial conditions remain uncertain and necessary investments in icebreakers and infrastructure are so far missing. The Northern Sea Route may, besides its regional usage, especially in the western part, have the potential for limited transits in the most favourable season. The Russian vision of year-round transit traffic seems quite unrealistic within the perspective of this decade. |
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