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

Nordic Orion’s Voyage on the NWP, September 2014

Source: http://yle.fi/uutiset/luoteisvaylan_avannut_nordic_orion_saapuu_porin_satamaan/6874171

The Big Melt

Maritime jurisdiction and boundaries in the Arctic

Arctic Shipping Routes

The Northern Sea Route (NSR)

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

NSR SAR Centres

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Icebreakers of the World (Source: USCG)

Russian LK-60 Icebreaker

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

Will make it possible to use the Northern Sea Route all year around

Ready for operations in

2017

Breaking All Barriers - Russian LK-110

Operational Tasks

Escorting of ships on the traditional transportationdirections during winter-spring period.

Escorting of large capacity ships in the year-roundexport of raw resources extracted on the arcticseas shelf.

Servicing transit transportation between Western Europe and Far East

Parameters

Shaft Power 110 MW

Length 193.6 m

Breadth 38 m

Draft 11-13 m

Displacement 55 600 t

Icebreaking capability 3.5 m

Source: Marine Exchange of Alaska presentation

Source: Marine Exchange of Alaska presentation

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

LNG Shipping Scenarios

2012 Traffic in the Canadian Arctic

Cold War Map