Arctic Shipping: Climate Change, Commercial Traffic And Port Development (routledge Studies In Transport Analysis)

This Book Considers Both The Present State Of Arctic Shipping And Possible Future Trends With Reference To The Various Sectors Of Maritime Transportation: Cruise Tourism, Container Traffic, And Bulk Shipping. Ports Are Analysed As Tools That Support The Strategies Of Coastal States To Foster The Development Of Resource Extraction, Enhance The Attractiveness Of Arctic Shipping Lanes And Enable The Control Of Maritime Activities Through Coast Guard Deployment. The Aim Of This Book Is To Draw A Picture Of The Trends Of Arctic Shipping. How Is Traffic Evolving In Canada's Arctic, Or Along The Northern Sea Route? Are There Significant Differences Between Bulk And Container Shipping Segments When Considering The Arctic Market? How Are The Ports And The Hinterland Developing And What Are The Strategies Behind Those? How Is The Legal Framework Shaping The Evolution Of Maritime Transportation? The Contributors To This Book Consider All Of These Questions, And More, As They Map Out The Prospects For Arctic Shipping And Analyse In Detail The Development Of Arctic Shipping As A Result Of Multi-variable Interactions. This Book Will Be Key Reading For Industry Professionals And Post-graduate Students Alike-- Introduction -- The Economics Of Arctic Shipping -- The Impact Of The Advent Of The Polar Code -- Arctice Shipping And Port Development -- Conclusion. Edited By Frédéric Lasserre And Olivier Faury. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This Book Considers Both The Present State Of Arctic Shipping And Possible Future Trends With Reference To The Various Sectors Of Maritime Transportation: Cruise Tourism, Container Traffic, And Bulk Shipping. Ports Are Analysed As Tools That Support The Strategies Of Coastal States To Foster The Development Of Resource Extraction, Enhance The Attractiveness Of Arctic Shipping Lanes And Enable The Control Of Maritime Activities Through Coast Guard Deployment. The Aim Of This Book Is To Draw A Picture Of The Trends Of Arctic Shipping. How Is Traffic Evolving In Canada's Arctic, Or Along The Northern Sea Route? Are There Significant Differences Between Bulk And Container Shipping Segments When Considering The Arctic Market? How Are The Ports And The Hinterland Developing And What Are The Strategies Behind Those? How Is The Legal Framework Shaping The Evolution Of Maritime Transportation? The Contributors To This Book Consider All Of These Questions, And More, As They Map Out The Prospects For Arctic Shipping And Analyse In Detail The Development Of Arctic Shipping As A Result Of Multi-variable Interactions. This Book Will Be Key Reading For Industry Professionals And Post-graduate Students Alike-- Introduction -- The Economics Of Arctic Shipping -- The Impact Of The Advent Of The Polar Code -- Arctice Shipping And Port Development -- Conclusion. Edited By Frédéric Lasserre And Olivier Faury. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "This book considers both the present state of Arctic shipping and possible future trends with reference to the various sectors of maritime transportation: cruise tourism, container traffic, and bulk shipping. Ports are analysed as tools that support the strategies of coastal states to foster the development of resource extraction, enhance the attractiveness of Arctic shipping lanes and enable the control of maritime activities through coast guard deployment. The aim of this book is to draw a picture of the trends of Arctic shipping. How is traffic evolving in Canada's Arctic, or along the Northern Sea Route? Are there significant differences between bulk and container shipping segments when considering the Arctic market? How are the ports and the hinterland developing and what are the strategies behind those? How is the legal framework shaping the evolution of maritime transportation? The contributors to this book consider all of these questions, and more, as they map out the prospects for Arctic shipping and analyse in detail the development of Arctic shipping as a result of multi-variable interactions. This book will be key reading for industry professionals and post-graduate students alike"-- Provided by publisher Cover Half Title Series Title Copyright Contents Notes on contributors Preface Introduction Part I 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 Modeling the profitability of liner Arctic shipping 4 An economic analysis on the NSR viability of an ice-class 1A oil tanker vessel 5 Compared transit traffic analysis along the NSR and the NWP 6 The evolution and relative competitiveness of global Arctic cruise tourism destinations Part II The impact of the advent of the Polar Code 7 Arctic shipping law: 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 Polar Code Part III Arctic shipping and port development 9 An analysis of the Arctic ports 10 Analysis of the 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 Index