![]() Issues such as uncharted areas, ice that is drifting and harsh environmental conditions are just a few examples of challenges for shipping. The IMO has already taken a very significant step to ensure a safer and cleaner shipping industry in the region under discussion through the adoption of the Polar Code, which strongly promotes maritime safety in these challenging waters. Additionally, great interest is more openly expressed for the extraction of the estimated natural resources available in all those isolated areas and the seabed, another possible task for maritime transport. On the other hand, it is also creating significant new business opportunities: As Earth’s temperature maintains its rising trend, new maritime routes that were previously covered with ice-pacts are -slowly, but steadily- becoming available for shipping. ![]() ![]() The notorious “global-warming” phenomenon is clearly impacting negatively upon the Arctic environment.
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