Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
III. Global Conference on Innovation in Marine Technology and the Future of Maritime Transportation, İzmir, Türkiye, 18 - 19 Nisan 2019, ss.719-735, (Tam Metin Bildiri)
Global climate change has begun to offer new opportunities for international maritime
transportation networks and related land side technical and economic structure with advantages
as well as disadvantages, notably with a trend of receding ice around the North Pole. If this trend
continues, parts of the Arctic Region can be used for navigation, which is suitable around 3 months
for navigation activities because the temperature in winter gets as low as -40 degrees Celcius and
the ice returns in that season. Sea ice around the North Pole reaches its biggest area at the end of
the winter in March, and thaws to an annual minimum in September. Besides all these arctic
shipping, numerous additional factors, including dearth of services and infrastructure, high
insurance and ice breaker/tug escort fees, unknown competitive response of the Suez and
Panama Canals, change of bunker rates, poor charts, impact on the environment and natural life,
maritime pollution, unpredictable consequences of possible accidents at sea and other socio
economic considerations, remain significant impediments to maritime activity in the region.
Especialy the number of ships operating in the Arctic ares is increasing day by day so International
Maritime Organisation (IMO) has released the adoption of the International Code for Ships
Operating in Polar Waters (Polar Code), which strongly regulates the safety implementations and
helps to avert a catastrofical results of this new arctic routes and related challenges on maritime
industry. However, detailed investigation and research studies of regional, global and sectoral
impacts and projections of arctic shipping routes and related impacts will help us to predict the
impact of environmental changes on future world trade.
Keywords: Arctic Routes, Ice Navigation, Arctic Corridors, Climate Chang