The Arctic

[Kirkhill]

Shipping from the ice - yes
Shipping to the ice - if necessary
Shipping through the ice - no

Report: Arctic Routes to Remain Peripheral, Especially for Boxships

In the past few years, there has been a lot of hype about the growing ship traffic along the Arctic routes. But recent analysis shows that whle Arcti...

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[GR66]

Shipping from the ice - yes
Shipping to the ice - if necessary
Shipping through the ice - no

Report: Arctic Routes to Remain Peripheral, Especially for Boxships

In the past few years, there has been a lot of hype about the growing ship traffic along the Arctic routes. But recent analysis shows that whle Arcti...

maritime-executive.com

So, shipping liquid cargo and bulk cargo are a yes for Arctic shipping but not so much for container shipping. Remind me again what types of things we're thinking of shipping from /through the Arctic? Liquid and bulk cargo or containerized goods?

 

[Kirkhill]

So, shipping liquid cargo and bulk cargo are a yes for Arctic shipping but not so much for container shipping. Remind me again what types of things we're thinking of shipping from /through the Arctic? Liquid and bulk cargo or containerized goods?

Liquid and bulk cargo from the ice.
A few containers to the ice.
No third party stuff of any sort going through the ice.

 

[childs56]

You can not compare what can happen for something this is currently not happening. If Churchill gets the actual go ahead and actual funding and actual support to maintain the seaways/ roads/ pipeline/rail line. Then I would suspect shipping traffic will increase in the artic zone significantly from what it is currently.
If we had one or two oil tankers a day, two LNG ships a day, three or four bulk cargo and two or three container ships leaving the port that would increase traffic a fair bit on our side of the equation. Not to mention the support boats.
We will have to see if the support from the federal, provincial and business community comes through.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Even if it is seasonal, tankers to Europe from Churchill would help reduce Europe's reliance on the ME and Russian oil and gas.

 

[childs56]

Even if it is seasonal, tankers to Europe from Churchill would help reduce Europe's reliance on the ME and Russian oil and gas.

They often fill up the storage facilities during the warm season, It can work.

 

[lenaitch]

You can not compare what can happen for something this is currently not happening. If Churchill gets the actual go ahead and actual funding and actual support to maintain the seaways/ roads/ pipeline/rail line. Then I would suspect shipping traffic will increase in the artic zone significantly from what it is currently.
If we had one or two oil tankers a day, two LNG ships a day, three or four bulk cargo and two or three container ships leaving the port that would increase traffic a fair bit on our side of the equation. Not to mention the support boats.
We will have to see if the support from the federal, provincial and business community comes through.

I'm not sure anybody is envisioning roughly a dozen ships per day in and out of Churchill, let alone a port that could handle bulk dry, LNG, petroleum and containers, all supplied by one rail line.

 

[childs56]

I'm not sure anybody is envisioning roughly a dozen ships per day in and out of Churchill, let alone a port that could handle bulk dry, LNG, petroleum and containers, all supplied by one rail line.

There are talks about building a pipeline to the area. If they built one LNG and one Oil pipeline. Then build the storage facilities to load those products.
Then fix up the rail line and road. You would have a great shipping setup. Similar to what they Do in Prince Rupert. You need a little more planning due to ice up.

 

[PrairieFella]

There are talks about building a pipeline to the area. If they built one LNG and one Oil pipeline. Then build the storage facilities to load those products.
Then fix up the rail line and road. You would have a great shipping setup. Similar to what they Do in Prince Rupert. You need a little more planning due to ice up.

There is no road. It currently ends just North of Gilliam near the hydro dam. Theyd have to push a new road a couple hundred kilometres through the swamp.