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Energy and Transport Development in the Arctic

Energy and Transport Development in the Arctic. By John Higginbotham First North American Sustainable Economic Development Summit Las Colinas-Irving, Texas, August 25-26, 2014. Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative. SS Manhattan Oil Tanker – traversed the NWP in 1969.

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Energy and Transport Development in the Arctic

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  1. Energy and Transport Development in the Arctic By John Higginbotham First North American Sustainable Economic Development Summit Las Colinas-Irving, Texas, August 25-26, 2014

  2. Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative

  3. SS Manhattan Oil Tanker – traversed the NWP in 1969

  4. Nordic Orion’s Voyage on the NWP, September 2014 Source: http://yle.fi/uutiset/luoteisvaylan_avannut_nordic_orion_saapuu_porin_satamaan/6874171

  5. The Big Melt

  6. Maritime jurisdiction and boundaries in the Arctic

  7. Arctic Shipping Routes

  8. The Northern Sea Route (NSR)

  9. NSR in numbers • 12,800 km between East Asia and Western Europe (21,000 km if using the Suez Canal) • Cuts 10-15 days (between July and November, East Asia to Western Europe) • 10 days could save $1 million per journey • $300,000 icebreaker fees compared to $400,000 to pass the Suez Canal • Less fuel • Less CO2 emissions

  10. NSR SAR Centres Source: CHNL http://www.arctic-lio.com

  11. Icebreakers of the World (Source: USCG)

  12. Russian LK-60 Icebreaker Will make it possible to use the Northern Sea Route all year around • Dimensions: • 173 meters long • 34 meters wide • price tag of €1.1 billion  • overall power of 60 MW • variable draught from 8.5 m to 10.8 m Ready for operations in 2017

  13. Breaking All Barriers - Russian LK-110 Source: Marine Exchange of Alaska presentation

  14. Source: Marine Exchange of Alaska presentation

  15. Canadian Teekay, Japanese Mitsui OSK Lines and Korean Daewoo signed a contract in July 2014 to build 9Arctic LNG icebreaker tankers for Russia’s Yamal project

  16. LNG Shipping Scenarios

  17. 2012 Traffic in the Canadian Arctic

  18. Cold War Map

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