Экономика Арктики: чего не хватает? Пример Северного морского пути

Traffic on the Northern Sea Route has been growing steeply in later years with the completion of the Yamal LNG project. More LNG development is likely to take place within the next few years. It is now planned to send LNG directly to Asia all year going east on the NSR. Presently, parts of the NSR a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moe, Arild
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Russian
Published: 2020
Subjects:
LNG
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2765459
https://doi.org/10.30680/ЕСО0131-7652-2020-12-62-83
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Summary:Traffic on the Northern Sea Route has been growing steeply in later years with the completion of the Yamal LNG project. More LNG development is likely to take place within the next few years. It is now planned to send LNG directly to Asia all year going east on the NSR. Presently, parts of the NSR are for practical purpose unnavigable for several months each year. To use the whole sea route also in the coldest winter months will require presence of a series of new icebreakers. A construction program is being implemented. A comprehensive analysis of the costs vs. the benefits of opening a whole year route has not been published. The purpose of this paper is to review various cost estimates available from open sources and discuss whether expected traffic volumes and probable tariffs will cover operational as well as capital costs for the new icebreaker fleet. publishedVersion