Agreement on Cooperation on Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue in the Arctic: an assessment

Abstract This article examines the current and prospective roles of the Arctic Council System (ACS) within the context of the (international) law of the sea. Its first part focuses on the role of regional cooperation under the law of sea, with special attention to the way in which the pacta tertiis principle has shaped some regional regimes. The second part examines current features of the Arctic Council, including its mandate and main approaches, participation and institutional structure. The new concept of the ACS is offered to clarify the connection between the Arctic Council and the 2011 Agreement on Cooperation in Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue in the Arctic and future legally binding instruments negotiated under the Council’s auspices, but not adopted by it. The article concludes with a synthesis of the current and prospective roles of the ACS under the law of the sea.

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The Arctic Search and Rescue Agreement: Text, Framing and Logics

The Yearbook of Polar Law Online ◽

10.1163/22116427-91000127 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 299-318 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Corine Wood-Donnelly

Keyword(s):

International Relations ◽

Arctic Region ◽

Search And Rescue ◽

The Arctic ◽

Arctic Council ◽

Policy Document ◽

Cultural Contexts ◽

Hard Law ◽

Maritime Search And Rescue ◽

The Arctic Region

Abstract The 2011 ‘Agreement on Cooperation on Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue in the Arctic’ (henceforth SAR Agreement) is the first instrument of hard law produced by the eight states of the Arctic Council. While the agreement ostensibly addresses search and rescue related issues for the Arctic region, it is capable of being understood in a variety of legal, political and cultural contexts. Three elements are teased out in particular – the SAR Agreement as a legal policy document, as indicative of evolving Arctic international relations, and as indicative of particular geopolitical logics. As the paper concludes, however, the SAR Agreement has not been entirely free of political intrigue.

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Agreement on Cooperation on Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue in the Arctic

The Western Arctic Seas Encyclopedia ◽

10.1007/978-3-319-25582-8_10011 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 5-5

Keyword(s):

Search And Rescue ◽

The Arctic ◽

Maritime Search And Rescue

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The Agreement on Cooperation on Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue in the Arctic & the Treaty Between Norway and Russia on the Maritime Delimitation and Cooperation in the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean

International Legal Materials ◽

10.5305/intelegamate.50.6.1110 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 50 (6) ◽

pp. 1110-1130

Author(s):

Björn Arp

Keyword(s):

Arctic Ocean ◽

Barents Sea ◽

Search And Rescue ◽

The Arctic ◽

The Barents Sea ◽

The Arctic Ocean ◽

Maritime Search And Rescue

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The Northwest Passage in the Arctic: A Brief Assessment of the Relevant Marine Transportation System and Current Availability of Search and Rescue Services

Logistics ◽

10.3390/logistics5020023 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 23

Author(s):

Rebecca Sheehan ◽

Dimitrios Dalaklis ◽

Anastasia Christodoulou ◽

Megan Drewniak ◽

Peter Raneri ◽

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Keyword(s):

United States ◽

The United States ◽

Transportation System ◽

Search And Rescue ◽

Maritime Transportation ◽

The Arctic ◽

Marine Transportation ◽

Northwest Passage ◽

Traffic Routing ◽

Brief Assessment

The analysis in hand provides a brief assessment of the United States’ and Canada’s marine transportation system and relevant search and rescue (SAR) support in relation to the Northwest Passage, with the purpose of examining to what extent these countries’ relevant infrastructure resources are able to meet the expected growth of shipping operations and business activities in the Arctic. Through an extensive literature review, this assessment will specifically describe the most important influences upon the maritime transportation system, with the issue of certain geographical details and the capabilities of existing ports standing out. Additionally, vessel activity trends and vessel traffic routing measure initiatives will be examined. Furthermore, the SAR infrastructure details and means to render assistance to people in distress along the Northwest Passage will be discussed. The reality remains that port characteristics are limited and vessel traffic routing measure initiatives and upgrades to SAR assets are commendable but slow-paced. It is true that both the United States and Canada are taking proper measures to build up infrastructure needs, but they both may run out of time to put adequate infrastructure in place to deal effectively with the changing environment.

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Autonomous ships for container shipping in the Arctic routes

Journal of Marine Science and Technology ◽

10.1007/s00773-021-00836-8 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Ziaul Haque Munim ◽

Rana Saha ◽

Halvor Schøyen ◽

Adolf K. Y. Ng ◽

Theo E. Notteboom

Keyword(s):

Environmental Protection ◽

Search And Rescue ◽

The Arctic ◽

Multi Criteria Decision Making ◽

Container Shipping ◽

Foreseeable Future ◽

Arctic Shipping ◽

Control Centre ◽

Autonomous Ship ◽

Best Worst Method

AbstractThis study investigates the competitiveness of various autonomous ship categories for container shipping in the Arctic route. We propose a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) framework using four ship categories as alternatives and eight criteria for competitiveness evaluation. We analyse collected data using the Best–Worst Method (BWM), one of the recently developed MCDM methods. The findings reveal that operating expenses, navigation aspects, and environmental protection are the three most important criteria for deploying autonomous ships in the Arctic route. Among the three investigated autonomous ships alternatives, the semi-autonomous ship operated from a shore control centre (SCC) is prioritized for Arctic shipping in the foreseeable future, when benchmarked against the conventional ship. The SCC-controlled semi-autonomous ship alternative is competitive in the majority of the considered criteria including operating expenses, capital expenses, navigation, ship-shore and ship–ship communication, search and rescue, and environmental protection.

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