Polar seaways? Maritime transport in the Arctic: An analysis of shipowners' intentions II

The impact of climate change on the melting Arctic sea ice has been widely discussed in the scientific literature, as well as in the media. It has triggered debates among scholars, government officials, and journalists, about the potential development of commercial shipping in the Arctic, in particular along the fabled Northwest and Northeast Passages, which offer much shorter distances between Europe and Asia and the classic itineraries through Panama, or through the Suez and the Malacca. Thanks to climate change sea ice conditions are changing, and the length of the navigable season is expected to increase, although this also depends on the vessel's ice class. Since 2011, several papers have suggested that the shrinking of the sea ice, given favorable operational conditions and cost effectiveness, would make Arctic shipping highly attractive. Given the continued melting of the sea ice, the authors wanted to assess to what extent this change in operational conditions could have altered shipping companies' perceptions. What are the present perceptions of the attractiveness of Arctic shipping by shipping companies? Departing from analyses which stress sea-ice melt or cost-computing independent of business strategy analysis, this study intends to reflect the points of view of the operators embedded in the companies' management.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2016.10.004
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966692316302812
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Lasserre, Frédéric
  • Beveridge, Leah
  • Fournier, Mélanie
  • Têtu, Pierre-Louis
  • Huang, Linyan
• Publication Date: 2016-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 105-114
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transport Geography
  • Volume: 57
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0966-6923
  • Serial URL: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jtrangeo

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Climate change; Sea ice; Ship lines; Shipping; Water transportation
• Geographic Terms: Arctic Regions
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Environment; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01635789
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 25 2017 2:02PM