Container shipping on the Northern Sea Route

Since the beginning of the 20th century, the principal commercial maritime routes have changed very little. With global warming, the Northern Sea Route (NSR) has opened up as a possible avenue of trade in containerized products between Asia and Europe. This paper verifies the technical and economic...

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Main Authors: Verny, Jerome, Grigentin, Christophe
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
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Northern Sea Route
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925-5273(09)00150-9
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spelling ftrepec:oai:RePEc:eee:proeco:v:122:y:2009:i:1:p:107-117 2024-04-14T08:16:38+00:00 Container shipping on the Northern Sea Route Verny, Jerome Grigentin, Christophe http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925-5273(09)00150-9 unknown http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925-5273(09)00150-9 article ftrepec 2024-03-19T10:32:26Z Since the beginning of the 20th century, the principal commercial maritime routes have changed very little. With global warming, the Northern Sea Route (NSR) has opened up as a possible avenue of trade in containerized products between Asia and Europe. This paper verifies the technical and economic feasibility of regular container transport along the NSR. By adopting a model schedule between Shanghai and Hamburg, we are able to analyze the relative costs of various axes in the Asia-Europe transport network, including the NSR. While shipping through the Suez Canal is still by far the least expensive option, the NSR and Trans-Siberian Railway appear to be roughly equivalent second-tier alternatives. Northern Sea Route Maritime transport Container shipping Operating costs Asia-Europe corridor Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sea Route RePEc (Research Papers in Economics)
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description Since the beginning of the 20th century, the principal commercial maritime routes have changed very little. With global warming, the Northern Sea Route (NSR) has opened up as a possible avenue of trade in containerized products between Asia and Europe. This paper verifies the technical and economic feasibility of regular container transport along the NSR. By adopting a model schedule between Shanghai and Hamburg, we are able to analyze the relative costs of various axes in the Asia-Europe transport network, including the NSR. While shipping through the Suez Canal is still by far the least expensive option, the NSR and Trans-Siberian Railway appear to be roughly equivalent second-tier alternatives. Northern Sea Route Maritime transport Container shipping Operating costs Asia-Europe corridor
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author Verny, Jerome
Grigentin, Christophe
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Container shipping on the Northern Sea Route
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title Container shipping on the Northern Sea Route
title_short Container shipping on the Northern Sea Route
title_full Container shipping on the Northern Sea Route
title_fullStr Container shipping on the Northern Sea Route
title_full_unstemmed Container shipping on the Northern Sea Route
title_sort container shipping on the northern sea route
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