With the climate change, polar sea ice is diminishing. This, on one hand, enables the possibility for eg, Arctic shipping and relevant resource exploitation activities, but on the …
Y Xue, K Zhong, BY Ni, Z Li, M Bergström… - Ocean …, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite its remoteness and hostile environmental conditions, the Arctic holds significant shipping lanes, such as the Northern Sea Route (NSR) and the Northwest Passage (NWP) …
Z Li, X Zhu, R Li, S Liao, K Gao - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
The influence of harsh Arctic environmental factors has caused ship–ice collision accidents to become the main threat faced by navigating ships. It is necessary to quantify the causation …
Icebergs and ice islands (large, tabular icebergs) present a significant hazard to marine vessels and infrastructure at a time when demand for access to Arctic waters is increasing …
In the context of global warming and ice melting in the Arctic Ocean, maritime activities have significantly increased over recent years. However, the Arctic remains a wild and risky …
Ice loads pose a significant risk for ship operation in ice covered waters. At low strain rates, the ice behaves ductile, whereas at high strain rates it reacts in brittle manner. This thesis …
To ensure the safety of maritime operations in polar waters, the IMO enforced the International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (Polar Code) in 2017. To address ice …
F Müller, A Böhm, H Herrnring… - International …, 2023 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Ships operating in ice covered waters are exposed to the risk of colliding with an iceberg or ice floe. Predicting the loads in ice-structure interaction is crucial for the safety of existing …
S Yao, Q Wu, Q Kang, YW Chen, Y Lu - Risk Analysis, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Northern Sea Route (NSR) makes travel between Europe and Asia shorter and quicker than a southern transit via the Strait of Malacca and Suez Canal. It provides greater …