Arctic shipping - a study on feasibility and future impact on warehousing/shipping routes/shipbuilding

• Main Author: Wong, Suet Peng.
• Other Authors: Lum Kit Meng
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Maritime studies
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/45451
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Sailing through the Arctic Ocean via the Northern Sea Route (NSR) gives a saving of around 40% on the sailing distance from East Asia (Yokohama) to Northern Europe (Hamburg) as compared to the current Suez Canal route. However, this 40% reduction in distance does not correspond to a 40% of cost savi...