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го транспорта и «Росморпортом». Проект создания   shorter than the Trans-Siberian Railway. The locali-
            Железнодорожные пути        морского порта Индига внесен в реестр инвести-  ties to be connected to Indiga via Sosnogorsk – Indiga
            севера России               ционных проектов Ненецкого автономного окру-  railway are expected to contribute to the port’s poten-
            Railways of the Russian North  га, подготовлены документы для подачи заявки на   tial turnover of one hundred million tons by 2030.
                                        вхождение проекта в число резидентов Арктиче-    Indiga project is operated by Indiga Seaport Di-
                                        ской зоны РФ. Для определения наилучшей орга-  rectorate LLC – resident of Nenets Autonomous Ok-
                                        низационно-правовой модели и схемы финансиро-  rug and subsidiary of AEON Infrastructure Corpo-
                                        вания завершен первый этап работ с финансовым   ration. On December 23, 2021, the Russian Union of
                                        консультантом компанией «ИнфраВЭБ».           Industrialists and Entrepreneurs witnessed the sign-
                                                                                      ing of agreemenet between Indiga Seaport Director-
                                           Strategic role                             ate, Rustitan and InfraWEB for financing of the Arc-
                                                                                      tic Megaproject spanning the construction of titan
                                           Designed to be deployed on the Barents coast, the   and quartz (glass) sands mining and processing com-
                                        deep-water ice-free port of Indiga is a high-priori-  plex at Pyzhma deposit, Sosnogorsk – Indiga railway,
                                        ty investment project to be built in Nenets Autono-  and deep-water port of Indiga. These three projects
                                        mous Okrug. Once in place, the port will ensure a re-  are included in the RF Arctic Zone Development and
                                        duced leg for export cargos and generate new cargo   National Security Strategy 2035.
                                        flows along the Northern Sea Route. Indiga will have   Pyzhma represents the world’s largest titanium and
                                        a throughput capacity of 80 million tons per year; its   quartz sand deposit. Impressive are also the volumes of
                                        terminals will be transshipping coal, mineral fertil-  its associated minerals – zircon, iron, basalts, gold, dia-
                                        izers, general cargoes, oil and gas condensate.  monds. This deposit is estimated to contain more than 2
                                           At the Eastern Economic Forum, held in Septem-  billion tons of titanium ore and 1.1 billion tons of quartz
                                        ber 2021, Indiga project received endorsement from   sands. These resources can be shipped via Indiga.
                                        President Vladimir Putin. Its role as a strategic port   Past March, Nord-Engineering, commissioned by
                                        cannot be overestimated: With railway access to the   Indiga Seaport Directorate, finalized its declaration of
                                        non-freezing part of the Barents Sea, Indiga will en-  intent to invest in the construction of Indiga’s phase
                                        able goods to be transported from Novosibirsk, Kuz-  one. Finalized is also the proposal for the railway con-
                                        bass and Kazakhstan via a route one and a half times   nection from Sosnogorsk station. As was emphasized
                                                                                      by the investors, “in the changing geopolitical condi-
                                                                                      tions, these projects are seen as extremely important
                                           В марте этого года компания                for enabling Russia’s maritime policy.”
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                                           ООО «Дирекция Морской                         Plans and advantages
                                           порт Индига» завершила                        The mouth of the Indiga River remains ice-free
                                           разработку декларации о                    almost all year round. Thanks to the warm waters of
                                           намерениях инвестирования                  the Gulf Stream and the tidal energy in Indiga Bay,
                                                                                      the west-bound traffic can be maintained here with-
           SOZVEZDYE #38                   в строительство первого                    out icebreaker support for 7 to 8 months and the east-
                                           этапа морского порта                       bound one for 4 to 5. The advantageous ice conditions
                                                                                      spare the use of ice-reinforced ships for east-bound
            проект                         Индига                                     shipments, making Indiga a convenient access to the
            project                        Past March, Nord-Engineering,              Northern Sea Route. The alongside depth of 23 meters
                                                                                      will allow for accommodating 300,000 DWT ocean-
                                           commissioned by Indiga                     going vessels.
                                           Seaport Directorate, finalized its            Along with that, Indiga offers shipments from the
                                           declaration of intent to invest in the     Urals, Siberia, Far East and Kazakhstan a 350–400
                                                                                      kilometers shorter distance than if carried via Belko-
           56                              construction of Indiga’s phase one         mur. The Sosnogorsk – Indiga railway branch will be
                                                                                      shortest possible connection between the Northern
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