Svetlana Kuznetcova, Northern Arctic Federal University named after M. Lomonosov The 5th MARPART CONFERENCE
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.