Workshop on the Northern Sea

Route (NSR)

Dr. Bjørn Gunnarsson

Managing Director CHNL

Workshop Speakers

Dr. Bjorn Gunnarsson Managing Director for the Centre for High

North Logistics (CHNL), Kirkenes, Norway

Mr. Sergey Balmasov Head of CHNL’s Arctic Logistics Information

Office (ARCLIO), Murmansk, Russia

Workshop Program

1. Introduction (5 min) Bjørn

2. Current Operational Challenges on the NSR (5 min) Sergey

3. Russian NSR Rules and Regulations (15 min) Sergey

4. NSR Transit Voyages in 2011 and 2012 (YTD) (20 min) Bjørn

5. Step-by-step Planning for a Transit Voyage (25 min) Sergey

6. Tariffs on the NSR (5 min) Bjørn

7. The Short to Medium Term Scenario on NSR (25 min) Bjørn

8. Questions and Answers (20 min) Bjørn/Sergey

Future Arctic Trade Routes

The Northern Sea Route (NSR)

Deepwater Track

Traditional Track

Alternative DW Track

Hydrographic Station

Oil and Gas from Murmansk

Statethrough Suez

Canalthrough NSR

+/-

days

Japan

(p.

Kobe)

12291

miles

37,1

days

6010

miles

18,1

days-19

Korea

(p.

Busan)

12266

miles

37

days

6097

miles

18,4

days-18,6

China

(p.

Ningbo)

11848

miles

35,8

days

6577

miles

19,9

days-15,9

From Rotterdam to the Asian Markets

Statethrough Suez

Canalthrough NSR

+/-

days

Japan

(p. Kobe)

10969

miles

33,1

days

7610

miles

23

days- 10,1

Korea

(p.

Busan)

10754

miles

32,5

days

7697

miles

23,2

days- 9,3

China

(p.

Ningbo)

10336

miles

31,2

days

8177

miles

24,7

days- 6,5

c. Drovyanoy,

Yamal

Northern Sea Route

Vitino

Suez Canal

China

p. Ningbo

Korea

p. Busan

Japan

p. Kobe

Murmansk

Rotterdam

Shortcut Between European & Asian Markets

from Rosatomflot

The Eurasian Arctic presents business opportunities for commercial

shipping, oil-gas-mineral exploitation as well as fishing and tourism

This development in the Eurasian Arctic is more realistic than ever before

due to a) sea-ice reduction; b) technological developments; c) interest from

Russia and other Arctic countries; d) and high commodity prices

“Transport of oil, gas and dry bulk cargo from Northern and Western

Europe to Asian markets along the NSR represents potential savings too

large to ignore…”

The Main DriversThe Main Drivers

The Eurasian Arctic – rich in hydrocarbons and mineral resources – has

changed from having a distance disadvantage to having a transport

advantage to the fast growing markets in the Far East during the ice-free

season

Arctic Fossil Fuel ResourcesArctic Fossil Fuel Resources

2010

4.60 m km2

2008

4.67 m km2

2010

4.9 m km2

2009

5.4 m km22007

4.2 m km2

Average September Sea-Ice Coverage

2008

4.7 m km2

2011

4.3 m km2

2012

3.6 m km2

National Snow and Ice Data Center

© Oceans North, Pew Environment Group

Diminishing Arctic Sea Ice

Diminishing Arctic Sea Ice

National Snow and Ice Data Center