4. Regulations for Navigation on the Seaways of the Northern Sea Route 1991
These regulations for NSR navigation were prepared on the basis of a Soviet Politburo Decree No. 565 (June 1,1990), taking into account both Soviet requirements and the dictates of international law. Approval was granted by the Soviet Ministry of Commercial Shipping on September 14, 1990.
Also available in Japanese, this document consists of the following 12 chapters:
Chapter 1 Definitions
Chapter 2 Grounds, Objectives and Scope of Regulations
Chapter 3 Requests for Escort in the Northern Sea Route
Chapter 4 Requirements for Ships and Piloting Responsibilities
Chapter 5 Guarantee against Payment of Damages
Chapter 6 Inspection
Chapter 7 Navigation Regulations
Chapter 8 Control of Shipping
Chapter 9 Prohibition of Shipping
Chapter 10 Removal of Ships that Stray Off-Course
Chapter 11 Responsibilities
Chapter 12 Notice (marine pollution)
5. Natural Resources of Russia along Eastern Half of the Northern Sea Route
The shipment of freight is a critical part of any plan to put the NSR to effective use, and particularly important is the shipment of natural resources within the NSR. Yet until now little has been published about this vital topic. The SOF therefore specially requested CNIIMF to gather the relevant data. This 35-page report, published in Russian, contains some of that data.
A 57-page Japanese translation is also available. Its content is as follows.
(1) National science and technology programs (multidisciplinary oceanographic research at the North and South Poles)
Five volumes of research reports published 1991-1995 by the following agencies:
Federal Ministry of Science and Technology Policy, Russian Academy of Science, Russian Federal Ministry of Protection of the Environment and Natural Resources, Russian Federal Ministry of Fuel and Energy, Russian Federal Ministry of Transportation, Russian Federal Committee on Geology and Use of Mineral Resources, Russian Federal Meteorological and Environmental Monitoring Agency, Russian Academy of Medicine
* Geological and economic evaluations of estimates of oil and natural gas reserves on the continental shelf of Russia's eastern Arctic
* Assessment of mineral resources
* Conclusions
* References
(2) Essay in the August, 1993 edition of the journal Exploration and Protection of Mineral Resources (in Japanese)
1) Review of present state of geological knowledge in Russia and discovery of new mining areas
* Aldan Shield, Yenisey Shield, Anabal Shield
* Northern Russia
2) Oil and gas resources on Russia's continental shelf
* Continental shelf of the Arctic Ocean
* Far Eastern continental shelf
