Canadian arctic marine transportation issues, opportunities and challenges
Shipping in the Canadian Arctic is mainly driven by fishing, mining activities and community resupply. Fishing, mostly carried out by vessels based in Newfoundland and still less developed than in Greenland, is gradually moving north to Baffin Bay. Community resupply and ore transportation are expan...
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ftunivlavalcorp:oai:corpus.ulaval.ca:20.500.11794/72406 2024-06-23T07:49:14+00:00 Canadian arctic marine transportation issues, opportunities and challenges Lasserre, Frédéric Arctique, Côte de l' (Canada) Arctique, Archipel (Nunavut et T.N.-O.) Régions éloignées 2022-02-10T16:13:51Z 55 pages application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/72406 https://doi.org/10.11575/sppp.v15i1.72626 eng eng University of Calgary http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/72406 doi:10.11575/sppp.v15i1.72626 http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 Transports maritimes côtiers Navires marchands Corridors de transport Dégel Communauté -- Approvisionnement rapport de recherche COAR1_1::Texte::Rapport::Rapport de recherche 2022 ftunivlavalcorp https://doi.org/20.500.11794/7240610.11575/sppp.v15i1.72626 2024-06-03T23:43:59Z Shipping in the Canadian Arctic is mainly driven by fishing, mining activities and community resupply. Fishing, mostly carried out by vessels based in Newfoundland and still less developed than in Greenland, is gradually moving north to Baffin Bay. Community resupply and ore transportation are expanding, but strategies pursued by the four shipping companies involved differ. MTS took over from bankrupt NTCL in 2016 with a more limited service. Coastal Shipping Ltd., Desgagnés and NEAS all expanded westwards and opted for larger, heavier vessels without expanding frequency of service. The lack of port infrastructure in the Canadian Arctic hampers the development of commercial shipping, fishing, cruise tourism and extractive industries. The four companies dedicated to community resupply are determined to take advantage of business opportunities in the Canadian Arctic, just as shipping companies involved in mining operations are responsible for a fast expansion of their traffic. In these conditions, northern corridors inland could possibly support the development of improved community resupply, as well as mining operations, provided they can service clusters of mines and communities. The lack of port infrastructure in the Canadian Arctic hampers the development of commercial shipping, fishing, cruise tourism and extractive industries. Community resupply in the region relies on large vessel sealifts, which enable companies to service several communities with few voyages to secure economies of scale. Given the absence 4 of infrastructure in the communities, goods are unloaded on the beach using tugboats and barges carried by the vessel. In this respect, the Canadian Arctic differs strikingly from the Greenlandic, Norwegian or Russian Arctic, where communities benefit from deep-sea ports that greatly facilitate loading and unloading operations and prove conducive to the development of economic activities. In the Canadian Arctic, companies have adapted to these logistical constraints and may even benefit from the fact ... Report Arctic Arctique* Baffin Bay Baffin Bay Baffin Greenland greenlandic Newfoundland Nunavut Université Laval: CorpusUL Arctic Nunavut Baffin Bay Canada Greenland |
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Shipping in the Canadian Arctic is mainly driven by fishing, mining activities and community resupply. Fishing, mostly carried out by vessels based in Newfoundland and still less developed than in Greenland, is gradually moving north to Baffin Bay. Community resupply and ore transportation are expanding, but strategies pursued by the four shipping companies involved differ. MTS took over from bankrupt NTCL in 2016 with a more limited service. Coastal Shipping Ltd., Desgagnés and NEAS all expanded westwards and opted for larger, heavier vessels without expanding frequency of service. The lack of port infrastructure in the Canadian Arctic hampers the development of commercial shipping, fishing, cruise tourism and extractive industries. The four companies dedicated to community resupply are determined to take advantage of business opportunities in the Canadian Arctic, just as shipping companies involved in mining operations are responsible for a fast expansion of their traffic. In these conditions, northern corridors inland could possibly support the development of improved community resupply, as well as mining operations, provided they can service clusters of mines and communities. The lack of port infrastructure in the Canadian Arctic hampers the development of commercial shipping, fishing, cruise tourism and extractive industries. Community resupply in the region relies on large vessel sealifts, which enable companies to service several communities with few voyages to secure economies of scale. Given the absence 4 of infrastructure in the communities, goods are unloaded on the beach using tugboats and barges carried by the vessel. In this respect, the Canadian Arctic differs strikingly from the Greenlandic, Norwegian or Russian Arctic, where communities benefit from deep-sea ports that greatly facilitate loading and unloading operations and prove conducive to the development of economic activities. In the Canadian Arctic, companies have adapted to these logistical constraints and may even benefit from the fact ... |
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