Hokkaido University
Arctic Research Center

Agenda rev1.0: Jan-10, 2019.

International Seminar on Arctic Shipping
Follow up of AMSA and Future
Organized by Hokkaido University Arctic Research Center and GI-CoRE
Sponsored by J-ARC NET (http://j-arcnet.arc.hokudai.ac.jp/?lang=en)
Date : 15th February 2019, 10:00-17:00
Venue : Hokkaido University Sousei Hall, 4F, Meeting room B&C(Kita-21, Nishi-11, Kita-ku, Sapporo)Cont ac t :N atsuh iko Ot suk a(natsuhiko.otsuka@arc.hokudai.ac.jp)

The AMSA(Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment) assessed ships, their uses of the Arctic Ocean,
their potential impacts on humans and the Arctic marine environment, and their marine
infrastructure requirements. In parallel with shipping issues, the AMSA also considers regionaland local perspectives in relation to the current and future Arctic marine operations. As a result,the AMSA released 17 recommendations under three broad interrelated themes as follows:Enhancing Arctic Marine Safety,Protecting Arctic People and the Environment,

Building Arctic Marine Infrastructure.

These recommendations represented a key to strategic framework for future action on enhancing
marine safety and protection of marine environment. At the same time, they foresaw a status andchange of Arctic shipping activity and societies related under ongoing change of the Arctic Ocean.
After official implementation of AMSA 2009 Report, PAME has been updating status reportbiennially in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017. The latest status report indicates significant achievementsin the enhancement of maritime safety and the protection of the marine environment in Arctic waters.
And this status report will be the final assessment on AMSA recommendations by PAME. Within
the eight years after the adoption of 17 recommendations, there are many significant change in the
Arctic maritime activity and its circumstances such as, continuous sea ice retreat, emergence ofinternational commercial shipping along the Northern Sea Route, expanding oil and natural gas
exploitation, adoption of mandate Polar Code by IMO, environmental concern of HFO use in the
Arctic Ocean, ballast water and invasive species issues, and so on. Thus, status report 2017
reminds that many challenges remain and new ones are emerging with regard to ship operationsin the Arctic.
Keynote of the seminar will give a review what we did in the AMSA, how we did it, and which
one of the recommendations has been made progress, by Prof. Lawson Brigham, who was a chairof AMSA, four-year multinational-led project of PAME working group. And the seminar will discuss
key issues for maritime safety and protection of marine environment in future Arctic shipping in thelast session.

Tentative Program:
Time

Title

Speaker
Sei-Ichi Saitoh(Director, Hokkaido

10:00

Opening

University Arctic ResearchCenter;ARC)

Keynote TBC: The 17 AMSA
10:10-10:50

recommendations and which ones progresshas been made, what we did & how we did it.

Lawson Brigham(Professor,University of Alaska Fairbanks)

Session-I Pieces of latest activity and achievements of maritime operation in the Arctic
10:50-11:15

Comparison of Optimum NSR route of IBRV

Kang Kuk-Jin(Korea Research Institute of"ARAON" by KARS and POLARIS code

Ships and Ocean Engineering;KRISO)

An experimental investigation on the
11:15-11:40

mooring performance of a turret moored

Hyungdo Song(KRISO)

Arctic offshore vessel
11:35-13:00

Lunch
An experimental validation of an icevaning13:00-13:20

control algorithm for an Arctic offshore vessel
in managed ice condition

Young Shik Kim(KRISO)
and Hyungdo Song(KRISO)

13:20-13:40

Current Status of the NSR shipping activity

Xiaoyang Li(ARC)

13:40-14:00

Arctic tourism

Masato Tanaka(ARC)

14:00-14:20
14:20-14:50

Hokkaido’s regional perspective toward
Arctic shipping

Tomoaki Kagawa(Hokkaido Government)

Break

Session-II Following up AMSA Recommendations and Future
14:50-15:10
15:10-15:30
15:30-15:50
15:50-16:10

TBC: Global surface warming and sea levelrise
Perspective of Future ArcticReview and follow up of AMSA
recommendations

protection of marine environment in future
Arctic shipping.

17:00

Natsuhiko Otsuka(ARC) / Osabe T.(Hitachi)
Koh Izumiyama(ARC)Break
Wrap-up: Key issues for maritime safety and16:10-16:55

Xianyao Chen(Ocean University of China)

1) Speakers are asked to give a few
minutes of comment on the theme.
2) Open discussion

Closing

Social gathering will be followed!
18：30～20：00,

participation fees will be about 3,000yen per person

Venue ~ nearby Sapporo Station.

Those who wants to join, please contact N.Otsuka(ARC) no later than Feb.2nd. Afterthat date, your participation will depend on flexibility of restaurant’s room.

Access Map :Sousei Hall
Terminal of the campus bus

Sousei HallBus stopCampus bus

Hokkaido University
Campus bus
service(Free)

Main gate ofthe University

Bus stop

JR Sapporo
Station