SITUATIONAL AWARENESS ON PORTS STATE OF THE NORTHERN SEA ROUTE IN ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY MANAGEMENT OF ARCTIC REGION

Abstract

Background. The work is aimed at examination and development of methods and tools for management support of the environmental safety of Arctic ports to resilience ensuring of critical infrastructures of the Northern Sea Route. Materials and methods. A systems analysis of the ecological problems of Arctic ports and coastal areas along the Northern Sea Transport Corridor has been carried out. An expert judgement and review of the operation impact of seaports used for cargo storage and transshipment on environmental sustainability, health, safety and life quality of population of the Arctic region of Russia are given. Results and conclusions. Based on the analysis and evaluation carried out, a conceptual scheme is proposed for the operational synthesis of situational awareness of the decision makers on threats to environmental safety and parameters of the Arctic ports functioning to model implementation of the critical infrastructures network-centric control of the Northern Sea Route. The generic scheme is based on the adaptation of the situational control method of the structure and parameters of industrial-natural network-centric systems. This method provides the coordinability enhancement of these systems at various levels of organizational management. The study efforts and contributions can be applicable to information and analytical support of regional situational centers responsible for the components (ports and hubs) operation of the network-centric transport infrastructure of the Northern Sea Route in terms of problem-solving of the ecological and other types of security ensuring and maintenance in the Arctic region.

Keywords

• situational awareness
• systems analysis
• management
• environmental safety
• northern sea route
• arctic ports