Ahmad Najib, AF (2020) Development of Decision Making Techniques for Analysing the Designation of the Northern Sea Route (NSR). Doctoral thesis, Liverpool John Moores University.

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Abstract

The prospect of being able to shorten the route between Europe and the Far East using the NSR as a permanent shipping lane is attracting increasing interest. This is why the use of the NSR is now a major topic, especially in financial circles, amongst politicians, and shipping operators. Numerous assessments to determine the potential cost advantage of using the NSR as a transit route have been conducted throughout recent years. These are, however conflicting in their conclusions and a final answer to the question is therefore lacking. The primary aim of this research is the application of decision-making tools to analyse the current routes of the NSR. Accordingly, this will lead to the development of decision-making techniques that will formulate a tool for shipping companies to select the most cost-effective route(s) for travelling between the Far East and European regions.

Item Type:	Thesis (Doctoral)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	The NSR; MCDM; AHP; Evidential Reasoning; TOPSIS
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications V Naval Science > VM Naval architecture. Shipbuilding. Marine engineering
Divisions:	Maritime & Mechanical Engineering (merged with Engineering 10 Aug 20)
Date Deposited:	10 Jul 2020 18:46
Last Modified:	28 Nov 2022 12:09
DOI or ID number:	10.24377/LJMU.t.00013244
Supervisors:	Matellini, D and Wang, J
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/13244

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