Arctic Shipping

Climate Change, Commercial Traffic and Port Development
Herausgeber: Lasserre, Frédéric; Faury, Olivier

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Produktbeschreibung

The seasonal melting of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean has led to speculation that Arctic sea traffic is set to increase rapidly. This book considers both the present state of Arctic shipping and possible future trends with reference to cruise tourism, container traffic, and bulk shipping.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9780367777609
• ISBN-10: 0367777606
• Artikelnr.: 61212039

Autorenporträt

Frédéric Lasserre is Professor in the Geography Department at Laval University, Canada and heads the Quebec Council for Geopolitical Studies. He was Project Director with Canada's ArcticNet research network between 2010 and 2015. Olivier Faury is an Assistant Professor at EM Normandie in Le Havre. He completed his PhD in 2016 on the economics elements that may increase the attractiveness of the Northern Sea Route comparing to the Suez Canal Route. Since July 2016, he has been working on the Arctic with a focus on the legal, risk, shipping and port parameters.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1. The economics of Arctic shipping. 1 Weather
constraints on ships serving coastal settlements in Nunavik, 1993 to 2016 2
Approaches of the profitability of Arctic shipping in the literature 3
Modelizing the profitability of liner Arctic shipping 4 An economic
analysis on the NSR viability of an Ice Class 1A oil tanker vessel. 5
Transit Traffic Analysis along the NSR and the NWP 6 The Evolution and
Relative Competitiveness of Global Arctic Cruise Tourism Destinations Part
2. The impact of the advent of the Polar Code. 7 From Atomised Legislations
to Integrated Regulatory Framework: The Polar Code (R)Evolution? 8 Shipping
in the Canadian and Russian Arctic: Domestic Legal Responses to the
PolarCode Part 3. Arctic shipping and port development. 9 An analysis of
the Arctic ports. 10 Analysis of Russian Arctic port system using AIS data
11 Free ports as a tool to develop the navigation in the Arctic. 12 The
Opportunities and Challenges of Developing the Arctic Area and Shipping in
Canada Conclusion