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to stay almost completely self-sufficient and indepen-
dent from external influences and to be able to safely
keep to their schedules, while responding promptly to
whatever issue may arise in the Arctic. It is only logi-
cal that Arkhangelsk is the port that handles the major
bulk of the supplies intended for construction of the
infrastructure of the Arctic projects.
When it comes to combination cargoes, the preferred
transporters are those that are closest to berths and water
transport. In many modern seaports, manufacturing is
deployed right within their premises, with the manufac-
tured output accounting for the major part of their cargo
base and reducing manufacturer-to-port transportation
costs to zero. Such an organization of port activities is a
worthy model for Arkhangelsk to follow.
As was mentioned above, the future of the Arkhan-
gelsk transport and logistics system lies in the cardinal
renewal of its cargo base and increase in the container
transportation along the Northern Sea Route. All this
will require structural integration of the existing logis-
tics schemes, wide introduction of digital technologies,
and construction in the Arctic of new hub ports and
specialized international terminals.
Along with the convenient logistics, the port of
Arkhangelsk boasts a lot of space for new construction.
The sites along the coastline, the modern motor roads
and railways, the extended power supply network, the
possibility for connecting more consumers to the main
gas pipeline, and the immediate proximity of dozens of
ship repair and manufacturing providers are all part of
the potential for increasing the Arkhangelsk port ca-
pacity in the near future.
Together with the areas adjacent to it, the vast ter-
ritory of Arkhangelsk port is suitable for placing not
only stand-alone enterprises and production facilities,
but also entire support bases. One of the advantages is
flat landscape and absence of rocks: there is no need to
crush granite and level rocks to prepare the construc-
tion sites for industrial projects and terminals.
The availability of space allows for expanding the
existing terminals and lay access rail and motor roads.
Unlike other major ports in North-Western Russia,
Arkhangelsk does not suffer from railway congestions.
Moreover, the development of the Arkhangelsk trans-
port hub is facilitated through modernization of the
local river ports, which, along with sea terminals, can
serve as additional backup bases for cargo storage and
accumulation.
With the newly laid Nyuksenitsa-Arkhangelsk gas
pipeline, the capital of Pomorland, unlike other Arctic
ports, is a fully gasified transport hub, its production
complexes enjoying reduced energy costs.
All this makes it possible to develop here diversified
production networks with a wide range of final prod-
ucts, as well as cargo distribution schemes and integrat-
ed logistics scenarios as elements of one comprehensive
transport hub.
The competencies available to the Arkhangelsk-based
industries inspire confidence in their
potential as contractors for more
projects in the Arctic – Vostok Oil,
Arctic LNG 1 and Arctic LNG 3, the Архангельск усиливает
Ob Gas Chemical Facility, Pavlovs- свои позиции крупнейшего
koye field on Novaya Zemlya, among порта по перевалке
others. Arkhangelsk transport hub’s
diversified capacity will come in генеральных и других грузов
handy to many Arctic projects. в восточном, арктическом
On the industrial map of the
Russian North, Arkhangelsk Oblast направлении
represents, without exaggeration, Arkhangelsk is working to
the key region. With diversified in- strengthen its position as the
dustrial and transport infrastruc-
ture and solid human resources, mainstay of transshipment of
it has everything to turn it into a the Arctic-bound cargoes
swiftly growing Arctic region in the
foreseeable future.