scholarly journals Just in time: Will Putin's revitalized Northern Sea Route reorder global shipping?

2021 ◽  
Vol 09 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas E. Rotnem ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
Mineral Deposits ◽  
Just In Time ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Successful Development ◽  
Northern Sea Route ◽  
World Markets ◽  
Economic Future

This paper examines Russia's Arctic Strategy, in general, and the development of the Northern Sea Route, in particular. The current Russian regime regards the successful development of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) as the linchpin of its Arctic endeavors and the harbinger of Russia's economic future, focusing upon not only creating a faster and cheaper shipping route from Asia to Europe, but also spiriting out to world markets the vast fossil fuel and mineral deposits that lie in Russia's frozen north. After discussing recent factors causing Russia's leaders to invest significant resources in its Arctic region and the novel transportation artery, we then focus upon recent steps made toward building out the NSR. The article concludes with an examination of significant problems plaguing the route's development and provides a tentative assessment of the project's overall soundness.

scholarly journals The nuclear icebreaker fleet of Russia in the first quarter of the XXI century. Challenges and prospects for the development of the Northern Sea Route

2021 ◽  
pp. 14-25
Author(s):  
Ю.Л. Бордученко ◽  
И.Г. Малыгин ◽  
В.Ю. Каминский ◽  
В.А. Аксенов
Keyword(s):  
Decisive Role ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Arctic Seas ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The North ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
Current State ◽  
Northern Sea Route ◽  
Transport Problems

Арктическая зона в XXI веке становится важнейшим гарантом устойчивого развития Российской Федерации. Вклад Севера в экономику России во многом будет определяться масштабами и темпами развития Арктической транспортной системы. Необходимо расширение коммерческого и научно-исследовательского судоходства, развитие транспортных узлов и коридоров, полярной авиации, грузопассажирских морских полярных перевозок. В этих условиях Россия в целях обеспечения своих геополитических интересов должна постоянно поддерживать активное присутствие в этом регионе. Оно выражается в проведении научных исследований, разведке и добыче полезных ископаемых, обеспечении морских грузоперевозок с использованием ледоколов и специализированных ледокольно-транспортных судов. Этого невозможно достичь без развития уникального атомного ледокольного флота. В настоящее время Россия является мировым лидером в области применения атомного ледокольного флота для решения транспортных задач в морях Арктики и неарктических замерзающих морях. Для успешной конкуренции России необходимо не упускать этого лидерства и постоянно развивать и совершенствовать атомный ледокольный флот как ключевое звено инфраструктуры функционирования Северного морского пути. В статье представлен краткий обзор текущего состояния и перспектив развития атомного ледокольного флота России. Показана определяющая роль атомного ледокольного флота в обеспечении судоходства по трассам Северного морского пути для развития экономики Арктического региона России. The Arctic zone in the XXI century is becoming the most important guarantor of the sustainable development of the Russian Federation. The contribution of the North to the Russian economy will largely be determined by the scale and pace of development of the Arctic Transport System. It is necessary to expand commercial and research shipping, develop transport hubs and corridors, polar aviation, and cargo and passenger sea polar transportation. In these circumstances, Russia must constantly maintain an active presence in this region in order to ensure its geopolitical interests. It is expressed in conducting scientific research, exploration and extraction of minerals, providing sea cargo transportation using icebreakers and specialized icebreaker-transport vessels. This cannot be achieved without the development of a unique nuclear icebreaker fleet. Currently, Russia is a world leader in the use of nuclear-powered icebreaking fleet for solving transport problems in the Arctic seas and non-Arctic freezing seas. For successful competition, Russia must not lose this leadership, constantly develop and improve the nuclear icebreaker fleet as a key link in the infrastructure of the Northern Sea Route. The article provides a brief overview of the current state and prospects for the development of the Russian nuclear icebreaker fleet. The article shows the decisive role of the nuclear icebreaker fleet in ensuring navigation along the Northern Sea Route for the development of the economy of the Arctic region of Russia.

scholarly journals CRIMINAL LAW AND CRIMINALISTICS PROBLEMS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ACTIVITY IN ARCTIC REGION

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 244-263
Author(s):  
Lev V. Bertovsky ◽  
Lev R. Klebanov
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
Russian Arctic ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Local Fauna ◽  
Successful Development ◽  
Arctic Conditions ◽  
Sparse Population ◽  
Special Factors

The actual problems of criminal law and criminalistics with which law enforcement agencies in Arctic have been facing are concerned in the present article. Successful development of Arctic region demands struggling against criminality affected by special climate, geographic, ethnic, social, legal and another factors. These circumstances roughly embarrass the combating with criminality in Arctic, taking into account sparse population of the region, remote location of communities from organs of state power, ingenious people alcohol abusing, negative affecting of harsh arctic conditions on mental health of inhabiting person. Being one of the richest recourse region all over the world, Arctic has becoming the stage of competition between arctic states. Upkeeping of order on Russian arctic territory is very important aim under these circumstances. In the article legal regiment of Arctic is concerned and characteristic of Arctic social and economy situation is given. The authors demonstrate structure of Arctic criminality and crimes committed on this territory are analyzed. Special attention is centered on analyzing of ecological crimes committed in Arctic taking into account wealthy of local fauna and environment. The problems of law enforcement criminalistics providing also are attentively analyzed, for example, issues of criminalistics methodic for crime investigation, usage of the new technic tools and devises of criminalistics, interconnection between investigators and detectives. Such interconnection is embarrassed by remote locations islands from mainland. The article is grounded on extensive materials from empiric, scientific and law origins related to criminality existing in the different Arctic countries (USA, Canada, Russia, Scandinavian states). This article is the first one discussing various problems of combatting criminality in Arctic region. In the process of preparing the article authors have come to conclusion that Arctic crimes there committed poses special sort of criminality - “frozen” criminality. Such sort provided by special factors must be explored in the future in order to get success while combating the criminality in Arctic.

scholarly journals The Northern Sea Route: The Need and Prospects for Transit of Raw Materials

2020 ◽  
pp. 92-97
Author(s):  
Aleksey Mikhailovich Khorev
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Current State ◽  
Northern Sea Route ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Near Future ◽  
The Arctic Region

The prospects and problems of using the Northern sea route for transportation of raw materials are examined. The author makes an attempt to study the current state of the Northern sea route as the most important transport corridor of the Arctic region, and analyzes the existing problems that reduce the economic efficiency of cargo transit along the NSR. The ways to improve the efficiency of transportation of raw materials along the Northern sea route are reviewed. The author assesses the importance of the Arctic region for the Russian Federation as a whole, as well as he points out the need for its development in the near future.

scholarly journals Complex approach to transport infrastructure of Arctic region calculations

2019 ◽  
Vol 265 ◽  
pp. 04002
Author(s):  
Vladimir Ulitsky ◽  
Elena Gorodnova
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Calculation ◽  
Soil Structure ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Natural Soil ◽  
Northern Sea Route ◽  
Complex Approach ◽  
Permafrost Soils ◽  
Liquefied Gas

At present experts of «Base and Foundation» department of St. Petersburg Transport University do research work and design projects for transport infrastructure objects. Numerical calculation of subsoil in northern ports of Sabbeta and Tanalau settlements in Russian Arctic region is one of these successfully fulfilled projects. Specific features of these ports are the following: to construct building foundations and road embankments on permafrost soils, to predict functioning of compound sea berths and river piers when super heavy arctic vessels transport liquefied gas along the Northern sea route. Numerical calculation allowed defining soil thawing zone under the northern ports’ structures. Experience of experts permitted to choose the best solutions to preserve natural soil structure and exclude uneven deformations, which destroy objects and complicate roads functioning in permafrost zone.

scholarly journals The Northern Sea Route in Political and Economic Frame of Reference in the 17th and Early 20th Century

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 248-278
Author(s):  
Alena Raspopina
Keyword(s):  
Polar Region ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Arctic Seas ◽  
Transport Channel ◽  
The North ◽  
Northern Sea Route ◽  
North Polar

The article considers the influence of economic and political factors on development of the state policy on the Northern Sea Route and its effective use. The success that Russia reached in the foreign policy, has determined the cautiousness or openness of its actions in the Arctic Seas. The article briefly describes the navigational and hydrographical traffic conditions in the Arctic Seas, the dangerous areas for sailing are noted in the text, as well as the new attempts that Russia made to establish navigation in the area. The intense activity in the North Polar Region, including research activity, was determined by economic interests, such as opportunities for maritime trade and transport routes development, as well as political interests, which include defense of own territories and development of new lands. The research is based on valuable sources of information on the North Polar Region, one of which is European and Russian geographical maps of the18th and 19th centuries, which managed to cover many blank spots, that resulted in delineating a clearer Arctic shoreline of Russia. Although the Northern Sea Route could hardly become a major transport channel due to the severe natural conditions, Russia tried to sustain its influence and defend its territories, especially when real threats to its national interests in the Arctic region arose.

scholarly journals Influence of the Trunk Infrastructure of the Northern Sea Way on the Functioning of the Far Eastern Sector of the Russian Arctic Zon

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-82
Author(s):  
Boris Krasnopolski ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
Russian Arctic ◽  
Bering Strait ◽  
Northern Sea Route ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
The Government ◽  
Far Eastern ◽  
The Relationship

The article describes the relationship between the methods of formation and development of the transport and logistics trunk infrastructure of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) in the context of the government plan for the development of the NSR infrastructure until 2035 and the implementation of national projects in Russia. The national and international problems of the socio-economic development of the Bering Strait region and the Pacific Arctic are analyzed. It also substantiates and proposes the creation of the Council of the Bering / Pacific-Arctic Region (RBTR)

Fractal Economy of Arctic

2013 ◽  
pp. 41-47
Author(s):  
M. Slipenchuk
Keyword(s):  
Arctic Ocean ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
Environmental Safety ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
International Agreement ◽  
Northwest Passage ◽  
Northern Sea Route ◽  
The Arctic Ocean ◽  
The Status

In recent decades Arctic attracts the attention of a growing number of states. For effective international cooperation it is necessary to undertake several important steps, including legal work and adoption of documents regulating the statuses and activities of state in Arctic region. It is also needed to undertake a delimitation of sea spaces in the Arctic Ocean, to determine the measures for providing environmental safety in the regions, to reach international agreement on the status of the Northern Sea Route and Northwest Passage, to establish an innovation hub clusters and several others.

ASSESSMENT OF RUSSIA'S REAL NEEDS FOR MOBILE SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
В.С. АЛЕШИН ◽  
С.Г. ДОГАЕВ
Keyword(s):  
Satellite Communication ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
Satellite Communications ◽  
Communication Services ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
Northern Sea Route ◽  
Communications Services ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Mobile Satellite ◽  
Mobile Satellite Communication

Приведена количественная оценка реальных потребностей Российской Федерации в услугах подвижной спутниковой связи на период 2021-2030 гг. Оценка выполнялась путем прямого подсчета численности потенциальных потребителей услуг в разных сферах народного хозяйства России, включая ее Арктический регион и Северный морской путь, с учетом возможностей реализации альтернативных спутниковым вариантов предоставления этих услуг. A quantitative assessment of the real needs of the Russian Federation for mobile satellite communication services in 2021-2030 is presented. The assessment was carried out by directly calculating the number of potential consumers of services in various areas of the Russian economy, including its Arctic region and the Northern Sea Route, taking into account the possibilities of implementing alternative economic options for providing these services.

scholarly journals COMPETITIVENESS OF THE NORTHERN SEA ROUTE

2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (3/2020) ◽  
pp. 72-87
Author(s):  
A. B. Nikolaeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
National Level ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
Suez Canal ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Competitive Capabilities ◽  
Northern Sea Route ◽  
International Transport ◽  
Oil And Gas Resources ◽  
Near Future

The Arctic region, including the Russian Arctic and the Northern Sea Route (NSR), is currently characterized by an increased interest of many countries of the world and international business circles. For Russia the need to develop the Arctic is indisputable, and the NSRis the basis for development of the region. In addition, the region possesses a unique transport and logistics potential. It is believed that in the future it will connect the largest markets in Asia, Europe and North America with maritime transport corridors. Climatic changes and melting of ice are increasingly opening up the NSRfor navigation, and this leads to an increase in the attractiveness of this route. At the national level, the task is todevelop possibilities for turning the NSRinto an international transport corridor, similar to the Suez Canal. However, the transit potential of the NSR is not obvious. The article is aimed to determine the competitive capabilities of the NSRand assessits transit potential in the near future. To achieve the goal, it is necessary to identify strengths and weaknesses when using NSR, to conduct a comparative analysis of the known international routes (the Suez Canal) and this route, and to reveal prospects for the transit potential of the NSR, identifying the most likely potential transit transport participant —China.As a result of the study, it was concluded that in the near future the NSR will not compete with the Suez Canal and other international routes, but will be in demand as a national transport artery for transporting extracted oil and gas resources from the fields in the Arctic part of Russia. As to the transformation of the NSR into an international transport corridor, it will take huge financial and time resources, also Russia may have to sacrifice its strategic and geopolitical interests in the Arctic, which is currently unacceptable.

scholarly journals Russia on the Northern Sea Route: Having the Cake and Eating It Too?

2021 ◽  
Vol 65 (11) ◽  
pp. 123-130
Author(s):  
A. Todorov
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Foreign Investments ◽  
Safety Standards ◽  
Additional Layer ◽  
Northern Sea Route ◽  
The Future ◽  
Enforcement Mechanisms ◽  
Special Responsibility

Today Russia implements two different approaches to managing the Northern Sea Route (NSR). The first one entails signaling openness for international cooperation, foreign investments and cargo with the aim to develop the NSR into a globally competitive maritime route. Such approach is evident both from the statements of the high-ranking Russian officials and the strategic documents dedicated to the Arctic region. The other pattern is reflected in Russia’s willingness to impose limitations on foreign shipping on the Route. In addition to the permission-based national regime for navigation on the NSR, since 2018, Russia has ruled out certain maritime activities on the Route carried out by vessels flying non-Russian flags. Further measures for ships built outside Russia, as well as foreign warships, are being discussed. Taken together, these trends could lead to a suggestion that Russia sees the future development of the Northern Sea Route in attracting foreign investments and cargo, but not the vessels. However, additional layer of inconsistency emerges in Moscow’s attempts to justify the harsh national permission-based regime and national measures aimed at limiting foreign shipping on the NSR. The main argument by the Russian authorities is the special responsibility of the coastal state for the safety of navigation and protection of the marine environment. Yet, the practice indicates that the state is sometimes reluctant to keep high environmental and safety standards – both due to the lack of efficient law enforcement mechanisms and possible unwillingness to challenge the economic development of the region. The article concludes with the suggestion that Russia will need to more clearly decide the future course of development for the NSR and adjust the navigation regime and law enforcement mechanisms accordingly.

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