Svetlana Kuznetcova, Northern Arctic Federal University

named after M. Lomonosov

The 5th MARPART CONFERENCE

Maritime activities in the Arctic: shipping

Year 2013 2014 2015 September of 2016

Transit 1,176 274 40 208,5

Total 3,91 3,99 5,43 4,36

Cargo transportation by the Northern sea route, including transit (thousand tons) [Administration of NSR]

Maritime activities in the Arctic: shipping

Maritime activities in the Arctic: tourism, fishing, science

The number of vessels visited the archipelago of Franz Josef Land, Russian Arctic

- Cruise shipping: an increase of tourists visited Franz Josef Land and Novya Zemlya by 70% in 2015

- Fishing: an increase of 42,729 tons than last year (56% of the Murmansk region)

- Science, survey and other activities: increased in number in the Western part of the Russian Arctic

Maritime activities in the Arctic: continental shelf operations

Development places on the shelf and the main oil companies developers (dated for July 2015). Source: Vestnik MGU

The waters and coast of the Kara and Pechora Seas face the highest risks of oil spills;condensed gas is transported by the Eastern Arctic Seas.

Accident statistics

43% of all accidents were caused by machinery damage/failure

The most emergency calls are received from fishing vessels

Responsibility area of the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centers

Year 2013 2014 2015

Murmansk area 12 10 18

Arkhangelsk area 14 7 6

Number of accidents in the Murmansk and Arkhangelsk responsibility area. Source: statistics of MRCCs

Russian SAR preparedness system

Murmansk: rescue resources - Northern branch of Maritime Rescue Service- Administration of SAR of Northern Fleet -Northern expeditionary division of rescue assistance- nuclear-powered icebreakers fleet , etc.

Barents Exercise From Russia:- Maritime Rescue Coordination Center of Murmansk;- Northern branch of Maritime Rescue Service: the rescue diving cutter «Diver Petchkurov»;- Northern Expeditionary Detachment of Rescue: the search and rescue tug «Mikula»;- Northern Fleet: the search and rescue tug «Pamir»,- Northern Fleet helicopter КА-27 and aircraft IL-38;- Russian Air Defense’s division;- Murmansk Air Traffic Control Centre;- Federal Security Service (FSB) Frontier Directorate of the West-Northern Arctic region;- Russian Coast Guard vessel «Viktor Kingisep»;- Murmansk Coastal Fishing radio;- Murmansk Hydrometeorological Service.

Arkhangelsk: rescue resources

- Northern branch of Maritime Rescue Service

- Rescue services located in Arkhangelsk and Naryan-Mar

- Private helicopter enterprises

-EMERCOM Arctic rescue center,

- Belomorskaya navy of Northern fleet, etc.

Nuclear-powered ice-breakers

Cooperation in the Russian SAR preparedness system

November 2011: SAR of the vessel“Captain Kuznetsov” in the WhiteSea:-Northern Air Force Fleet’s IL-38-2nd United Aviation Division’s Mi-8helicopter-I.A. Polivany Rescue Service’s rescueswimmers-border guards of RF Federal SecurityService-two icebreakers-Maritime Rescue Service tugboat, etc.

June 2014: SAR of the wrecked boat in the White Sea

-2nd United Aviation Division’s Mi-8 helicopter-I.A. Polivany Rescue Service’s rescue swimmers-EMERCOM rescue vessel-Northern Fleet submarine, etc.