U N I V E R S I T Y
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B E R G E N
Faculty of Law
Arctic Shipping – Still Icy
Associate professor
Knut Einar Skodvin
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NSR
Applications
Refusal
Permissions
2013
718
83
635
2014
241
17
162
Vessel transits
2011
2012
2013
NSR
Suez Canal
41
46
71
17.799
17.224
16.596
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UNCLOS article 234
Coastal States have the right to adopt and enforce nondiscriminatory laws and regulations for the prevention,
reduction and control of marine pollution from vessels in
ice-covered areas within the limits of the exclusive
economic zone, where particularly severe climatic
conditions and the presence of ice covering such areas for
most of the year create obstructions or exceptional hazards
to navigation, and pollution of the marine environment
could cause major harm to or irreversible disturbance of the
ecological balance. Such laws and regulations shall have
due regard to navigation and the protection and
preservation of the marine environment based on the best
available scientific evidence.
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UNCLOS
Article 55
The exclusive economic zone is an area beyond and
adjacent to the territorial sea…
Aricle 21 (2)
Such laws and regulations shall not apply to the design,
construction, manning or equipment of foreign ships
unless they are giving effect to generally accepted
international rules or standards
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UNCLOS article 234
Coastal States have the right to adopt and enforce nondiscriminatory laws and regulations for the prevention,
reduction and control of marine pollution from vessels in
ice-covered areas within the limits of the exclusive
economic zone, where particularly severe climatic
conditions and the presence of ice covering such areas for
most of the year create obstructions or exceptional hazards
to navigation, and pollution of the marine environment
could cause major harm to or irreversible disturbance of the
ecological balance. Such laws and regulations shall have
due regard to navigation and the protection and
preservation of the marine environment based on the best
available scientific evidence.
uib.no
Faculty of Law
uib.no
Faculty of Law