The potential economic viability of using the Northern Sea Route (NSR) as an alternative route between Asia and Europe

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 434-444

  Liu, Miaojia ^a   Kronbak, Jacob ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alternative route; Arctic shipping; Economic viability; Suez Canal; The Northern Sea Route (NSR)

Indexed keywords

CONTAINER SHIP; MARITIME TRANSPORTATION; NAVIGATION; SHIPPING; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ASIA; EGYPT; EUROPE; SUEZ CANAL;

EID: 77649187831     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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