Relevance of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) for bulk shipping

Cariou, Pierre; Faury, Olivier

doi:10.1016/j.tra.2015.05.020

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“…The evaluation matrix is established according to formula (1) and (2), the evaluation matrix is standardized and the zero dimension index standard value is obtained. The entropy value of the index is determined according to formula (4) and (5). The weights of all levels of indicators are calculated according to formula (6).…”

Section: B Determination Of Index Weightmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effect Evaluation of Arctic Route Navigation on Port Logistics Competitiveness in China

Liú¹,

Shun²,

Wen³

et al. 2019

Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Economics, Management, Law and Education (EMLE 2019)

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Arctic route navigation will have different effects on the competitiveness of port logistics. This paper selects 5 Arctic Route ports in China, using entropy weight-double base point method, to evaluate the impact of Arctic route navigation on the competitiveness of port logistics from three aspects: agglomeration level, transport capacity and development potential. The evaluation results show that the competitiveness of port logistics in Shanghai is superior to other ports in terms of agglomeration level and development potential, but slightly less in transport capacity. Dalian Port is the most competitive in transport capacity. From the results of comprehensive evaluation, port logistics in Shanghai has the biggest competitive advantage under the background of Arctic route navigation. Finally, according to the evaluation results, the Arctic route ports are divided into three different development levels, and the suitable development orientation of port logistics for various levels is put forward.

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Section: B Determination Of Index Weightmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effect Evaluation of Arctic Route Navigation on Port Logistics Competitiveness in China

Liú¹,

Shun²,

Wen³

et al. 2019

Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Economics, Management, Law and Education (EMLE 2019)

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“…The lack of reliability (with reference to accessibility) is likely to result in much higher insurance fees, and even that is under the assumption that marine insurers are willing to insure in the first place (Schøyen & Bråthen, 2011). In addition, high icebreaking fees (Kiiski, Solakivi, Töyli, & Ojala, 2016;Liu & Kronbak, 2010), poor quality or nonexistent infrastructural support (Xu et al, 2011), constraints on sailing speed (Pierre & Olivier, 2015), and investments on ships to adapt to the unique shipping environment (Kiiski et al, 2016) all contribute to higher costs and uncertainty. More investments on vessels, supporting infrastructures, and specially trained seafarers and workers would further heighten the costs of the Arctic routes.…”

Section: Economic Viabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Implications of climate change for shipping: Opening the Arctic seas

Andrews

Babb

et al. 2018

WIREs Climate Change

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This paper assesses the value and environmental feasibility of Arctic shipping by reviewing the relevant scientific and economic peer‐reviewed literature. From the physical perspective, this paper examines the impact of climate change on sea ice and marine weather and considers the resultant consequences for Arctic shipping accessibility. From an economic perspective, it reviews the major research investigating the economic feasibility of diverting ships from conventional shipping routes to Arctic routes, the attitudes of shipping stakeholders, and other major factors affecting the prospect of Arctic shipping. This review also identifies important research gaps. Ultimately, we find that the complex environmental and economic dynamics of the Arctic suggest that an appropriate understanding of Arctic shipping will require close collaboration between natural and social scientists. This article is categorized under: Assessing Impacts of Climate Change > Evaluating Future Impacts of Climate Change

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“…Nevertheless, literature suggests that the NSR is presently not economically feasible for liner shipping due to shallow waters, a short season and unreliable Arctic ice conditions, extensive building costs for standardised ice-classed vessels, poor infrastructre along the NSR, high and unpredictable NSR tariffs, and a scanty fleet of icebreakers (Furuichi & Otsuka, 2014;Lasserre, 2014;Lee & Song, 2014;Liu & Kronbak, 2010). In addition, the ice-classed ships are more costly, heavier and would consume excessive fuel when used in southern routes during winter (Pierre andOlivier 2015) 2015). Furthermore, the potential reduction in transport time is less significant for China and South Asia, which accounts for a significant share of the current container flows to Europe and a lack of intermediate ports of call along the route also restricts the scope of the NSR.…”

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Swedish shippers’ strategies for coping with slow-steaming in deep sea container shipping

et al. 2018

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When container shipping lines experience over-capacity and high fuel costs, they typically respond by decreasing sailing speeds and, consequently, increasing transport time. Most of the literature on this phenomenon, often referred to as slowsteaming, takes the perspective of the shipping lines addressing technical, operational and financial effects, or a society perspective focusing on lower emissions and energy use. Few studies investigate the effects on the demand side of the market for container liner shipping. Hence, the aim of this study is to elaborate on the logistics consequences of slow-steaming, particularly the strategies that Swedish shippers purchasing deep sea container transport services employ to mitigate the effects of slow-steaming. Workshops and semi-structured interviews revealed that shippers felt they had little or no impact on sailing schedules and were more or less subject to container shipping lines' decisions. The effects of slowsteaming were obviously most severe for firms with complex supply chains, where intermediate products are sent back and forth between production stages on different continents. The shippers developed a set of strategies to cope with the low punctuality of containerised shipping, and these were categorised in the domains of transfer-the-problem, transport, sourcing and distribution, logistics and manufacturing, and product design. All firms applied changes in the transport domain, although the lack of service segmentation limited the effects of the strategy. Most measures were applied by two firms, whereas only one firm changed the product design.

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Relevance of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) for bulk shipping

Cited by 47 publications

References 11 publications

Effect Evaluation of Arctic Route Navigation on Port Logistics Competitiveness in China

Effect Evaluation of Arctic Route Navigation on Port Logistics Competitiveness in China

Implications of climate change for shipping: Opening the Arctic seas

Swedish shippers’ strategies for coping with slow-steaming in deep sea container shipping

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