Discussion of the Northwest Passage and why a lot of what is promoted in the media is incorrect.

1. Tac$cal&Marine&Solu$ons&Ltd.
A&Marine&Management&Company
Applied'Knowledge'

2. EVERYTHING&YOU’VE&HEARD&ABOUT&THE&NWP&IS&WRONG
Dermot&Loughnane
Tactical Marine Solutions Ltd.
THE&ARCTIC&CIRCLE
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3. INTRODUCTION
WHO&AM&I! ICE&COVER! ECONOMICS!
FUTURE! QUESTIONS!
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WHO&AM&I
CEO&Tac$cal&Marine&Solu$ons&Ltd.
CEO&Skaugen&Petro&Trans&
Managing&Director&Teekay&Australia
Manager&Marine&at&PetroNCanada
Director&of&Opera$ons&for&Canarc$c&Shipping
Master&Mariner
DMS&University&of&Plymouth
MBA&University&of&OQawa
15&years&at&sea/6&in&the&Arc$c
DERMOT&
LOUGHNANE

5. TORN&FROM&THE&HEADLINES&OF&TODAYS&NEWS...
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ICE&COVER
“The&future&for&Canadian&sovereignty&in&the&North&may&be&mel$ng&as&fast&as&the&Arc$c&
ice”&N&Carleton&University
Dr.&Huebert:&“...We&do&not&know&that&much.&Some&of&the&charts&(i.e.&maps)&we&have&of&
the&Northwest&Passage&date&back&to&the&late&1800s.”
“The&Arc$c&ocean&could&be&ice&free&in&the&summer&very&soon,&possibly&in&as&liQle&as&4&or&
5&years”N&David&Suzuki

6. ICE&COVER
MYTH
There&will&be&ships&flooding&through&the&
NWP&next&week,&using&unsurveyed&
channels,&each&one&of&them&an&
unregulated&environmental&nightmare&as&
we&fight&to&protect&Canadian&sovereignty.&
REALITY
Complicated,&but&no.
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7. ICE&COVER
REALITY
• There&is&no&
sovereignty&issue&with&
the&NWP,&there&is&a&
dispute&over&the&right&
of&free&passage.
• George&R&Bush&speaking&
in&2007,&“...the&United&
States&does&not&ques$on&
Canada’s&sovereignty&
over&its&Arc$c&islands.&“
• The&NWP&has&
adequate&char$ng&for&
Panamax&size&ships,&
from&one&end&to&the&
other.
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8. ICE&COVER
REALITY
• A&modern&survey&
was&completed&in&
the&mid&1990’s,&
funded&by&mining&
and&shipping&
companies.
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• The&ice&cover&
con$nues&to&melt&
but&unfortunately&
from&the&wrong&
side
• NSR&is&feasible&a&lot&
earlier,&other&than&
the&fees
• The&problem&is&
mul$&year&ice,&
where&it&is&and&
where&it&goes

9. ICE&COVER
REALITY
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10. ECONOMICS
MYTH
It’s&shorter&through&the&NWP,&so&much&so&
that&ships&are&lined&up&ready&to&rush&
through.&
REALITY
Complicated,&but&no.
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11. ECONOMICS
REALITY
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It&is&shorter&
through&the&NWP&
than&the&
alterna$ves&and&it&
will&be&feasible&
eventually.
Factors&have&to&
be&overcome&to&
make&it&a&
regular&liner/
container&route&
Its&too&shallow&
for&modern&
large&container&
ships
Transhipment&
op$ons&kill&the&
economies
Higher&
insurance&costs
Long&distances&
between&ports&
for&box&ships
Reliability
Distance:&Germany&to&Japan
Panama&&&&&&&&&&15,600&n.m
Suez&&&&&&&&&&13,000&n.m.
NW&Passage&&&&&&&&&&9,800&n.m.
NSR&&&&&&&&&&7,000&n.m.

12. TOTAL&OF&TRANSIT&VOYAGES&IN&2010N2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
TOTAL&CARGO&VOLUMES&TRANSPORTED&ALONG&THE&NSR,&1933N2003,&THOUSANDS&OF&TONS
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ECONOMICS
Total&Volume&of&Transit&
Cargo,&t
111.000
820.789
1.261.545
489.653*
Total&Number&of&Transit&
Voyages
4&
(2&of&them&in&ballast)
34&
(10&of&them&in&ballast)
46&
(13&of&them&in&ballast)
31*&
(2&of&them&in&ballast)
1933' 130'
1943' 289' 1953' 506' 1963' 1,264' 1973' 3,599'
1983' 5,445' 1987' 6,579' 1993' 3,016' 1938' 1,458' 2003' 1,700'
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13. FUTURE
SO&HOW&WILL&IT&PAN&OUT?
• Project&cargoes
• Resource&developments
• Liner&cargoes?
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14. CONTACT'US'
TACTICAL'MARINE'SOLUTIONS'LTD.'
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Phone:'+1'(250)'388J7882'
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