An exploratory study on the Northern Sea Route as an alternative shipping passage

This qualitative inductive research explores the potential benefits for the Scandinavian economy and ports through the implementation of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) as an alternative for container shipping to the established Southern route through the Suez Canal. To extract expert’s opinions and address these objectives, the authors utilised in-depth face-to-face semi-structured interviews through purposive sampling in a single case study setting. The analysis of the data demonstrates that the commercialisation of NSR can yield benefits for the Scandinavian economy (e.g. GDP increase, jobs creation) and reveals the benefits of Scandinavian ports (e.g. ECA’s, flexibility, hinterland, etc.) compared to other ports in North West Europe, which potentially grasp the NSR as an opportunity. However, it is highlighted that this can only be achieved if Scandinavian countries are proactive and secure their involvement.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1080/03088839.2018.1446104
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/2899960
• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Abstract republished with permission of Taylor & Francis.
• Authors:
  • Solvang, Helene Bareksten
  • Karamperidis, Stavros
  • Valantasis-Kanellos, Nikolaos
  • Song, Dong-Wook
• Publication Date: 2018-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 495-513
• Serial:
  • Maritime Policy & Management
  • Volume: 45
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 0308-8839
  • EISSN: 1464-5254
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tmpm20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Containerization; Economic benefits; Ocean shipping; Ports; Routes
• Identifier Terms: Northern Sea Route; Suez Canal
• Geographic Terms: Scandinavia
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01670311
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 29 2018 10:20AM