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An exploratory study on the Northern Sea Route as an alternative shipping passage

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  • Helene Bareksten Solvang
  • Stavros Karamperidis
  • Nikolaos Valantasis-Kanellos
  • Dong-Wook Song

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This qualitative inductive research explores the potential benefits for the Scandinavian economy and ports through the implementation of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) as an alternative for container shipping to the established Southern route through the Suez Canal. To extract expert’s opinions and address these objectives, we utilised in-depth face-to-face semi-structured interviews through purposive sampling in a single case study setting. The analysis of the data demonstrates that the commercialisation of NSR can yield benefits for the Scandinavian economy (e.g. GDP increase, jobs creation) and reveals the benefits of Scandinavian ports (e.g. ECA’s, flexibility, hinterland, etc.) compared to other ports in North West Europe, which potentially grasp the NSR as an opportunity. However, it is highlighted that this can only be achieved if Scandinavian countries are proactive and secure their involvement.

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  • Helene Bareksten Solvang & Stavros Karamperidis & Nikolaos Valantasis-Kanellos & Dong-Wook Song, 2018. "An exploratory study on the Northern Sea Route as an alternative shipping passage," Maritime Policy & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 45(4), pages 495-513, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:marpmg:v:45:y:2018:i:4:p:495-513
    DOI: 10.1080/03088839.2018.1446104
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    1. Joseph, Lambert & Giles, Thomas & Nishatabbas, Rehmatulla & Tristan, Smith, 2021. "A techno-economic environmental cost model for Arctic shipping," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 151(C), pages 28-51.
    2. Lavissière, Alexandre & Sohier, Romain & Lavissière, Mary C., 2020. "Transportation systems in the Arctic: A systematic literature review using textometry," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 141(C), pages 130-146.
    3. Vukovic, N. A. & Mingaleva, Zh. A. & Mekhrentsev, A. V., 2019. "Prospects of development of the transnational transport corridor of the northern sea route based on Sabetta sea port," R-Economy, Ural Federal University, Graduate School of Economics and Management, vol. 5(1), pages 19-24.

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