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Alexander Novak held a meeting on the development of the Northern Sea Route at the exhibition-forum “Russia”
March 29, 2024
Alexander Novak held a meeting on the development of the Northern Sea Route at the exhibition-forum “Russia”
March 29, 2024
Alexander Novak held a meeting on the development of the Northern Sea Route at the “Russia” exhibition and forum. With head of the Rosatom state corporation Alexei Likhachev
March 29, 2024
Alexander Novak held a meeting on the development of the Northern Sea Route at the exhibition-forum “Russia”
March 29, 2024
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Alexander Novak held a meeting on the development of the Northern Sea Route at the exhibition-forum “Russia”
Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak held a meeting on the development of the Northern Sea Route until 2035 at the Government Coordination Center at the Russia exhibition and forum. The event was attended by representatives of relevant departments, shipping companies, and the Rosatom state corporation.
“The Northern Sea Route is the shortest sea route between the European part of Russia and the Far East, between Europe and Asia. The NSR ensures the delivery of priority cargo to remote areas of the Far North, where over 2 million people live. In addition, the route is acquiring special importance given the increase in supplies in the eastern direction and is increasingly attractive for transit cargo carriers,” the Deputy Prime Minister noted, opening the meeting.
The meeting participants discussed ensuring the safety of navigation in the NSR waters during the new navigation season, achieving the target cargo turnover, progress in the construction of icebreakers and other vessels, building up the satellite hydrometeorological constellation, as well as the results of the implementation of the Northern Sea Route development plan in 2023 and the main tasks until 2035.
The head of the Rosatom state corporation, Alexey Likhachev, said that a record amount of cargo was transported along the Northern Sea Route in 2023 – 36.25 million tons. By 2030, the plans are to increase cargo flow to 150 million tons per year, with the prospect of growth to 190 million tons at optimistic scenario. Indicative indicators for cargo by 2035 will be 220 million tons per year.
“In recent years, global logistics have been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and incidents in the Suez Canal and the Red Sea, which has led to increased interest in the NSR from both Russian players and foreign companies. Our priority now is to organize year-round navigation, which will allow us to increase freight traffic through the Laptev Sea, the East Siberian and Chukchi Seas manifold. To develop transit and maintain the effectiveness of Arctic projects, it is necessary to create, first of all, competitive conditions on the NSR, including ensuring greater attractiveness compared to the Suez Canal,” said Alexey Likhachev.
To achieve ambitious goals to increase cargo traffic and ensure its safety, by 2030 it is planned to increase the number of high-class Arctic cargo ships. “It is planned to build 46 vessels of the emergency rescue fleet, build and modernize 14 ports and terminals, and launch 15 satellites into orbit. All this will increase the efficiency and safety of shipping traffic along the NSR. In addition, I consider it necessary to synchronize the development of the NSR with other programs, since often the cargo base is formed in ports that do not connect to the NSR itself – these are the ports of the North-West and the Far East. Therefore, it is important to connect them with the mainland through railway lines,” emphasized Alexander Novak.
As part of the meeting, there was a live broadcast from the nuclear-powered icebreaker Ural, launched in 2022. The ship's captain, Viktor Suryadov, reported on the situation on the route and the working conditions for the crew. He answered the Deputy Prime Minister’s questions about the differences between the new ship and icebreakers of previous generations: the new icebreaker is wider and more powerful than the previous generation ships, the navigation devices on the bridge are the most modern, the safety system for guiding ships is more reliable.
Alexander Novak recalled that Russia owns the only nuclear icebreaker fleet on the planet. This year it is planned to put into operation a new modern icebreaker "Yakutia". The Deputy Prime Minister emphasized that among the three key tasks for the development of the Northern Sea Route are ensuring exports from Arctic projects, reliable and uninterrupted northern delivery and transit of goods.
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