Container terminal development opportunities along the northern sea route

• Main Author: Koh, Sandar Hwee Koon.
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Maritime studies::Maritime management and business; DRNTU::Social sciences::Military and naval science
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/45402
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

As a consequence of global warming, the retreating sea-ice in the Arctic could increase access to the Northern Sea Route (NSR) and to the enormous reserves of oil, gas and mineral resources found in the Russian Arctic. The increasing navigability of NSR due to climate change and the increasing reso...