With the diminishing extents of Arctic sea ice, Arctic shipping becomes increasingly attractive for the shipping industry. Voyages along Arctic sea routes have seen a significant increase …
L Benz, C Münch, E Hartmann - Transportation Research Part A: Policy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, Arctic routes have been receiving increasing attention, as they offer a solution to capacity bottlenecks on the most frequented routes, such as the Suez Canal …
Safety is always the first concern for a ship's navigation in the Arctic. Ships navigating in the Arctic may face two main accident scenarios, ie, getting stuck in the ice and ship-ice …
Z Li, C Yao, X Zhu, G Gao, S Hu - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
As countries increasingly operate commercially on Arctic routes, safe and efficient navigation in the complex Arctic waters becomes a key issue. For this reason, proposed …
The expectation of a seasonally ice-free Arctic by mid-century has sparked economic and geopolitical interest in potential Arctic opportunities and risks. But substantial sea ice …
Recent climate change has caused declines in ice coverage which have lengthened the open water season in the Arctic and increased access to resources and shipping routes …
Risk aggregation is the process of combining multiple individual risks to develop a better understanding of the overall risk on a system. Different risks can have different …
Abstract The Strait of Malacca (SOM) has a high vessel traffic density, making it a bustling region with a significant risk of accidents. The safety of navigation will be jeopardised as …
Merchant vessels often require icebreaker (IB) assistance to create safe pathways and improve efficiency when navigating in the Baltic Sea. Since IB resources are limited, an …