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global market with Egypt as a major hub and our clos-
est trading partner. Notably, the ports of Alexandria and
Arkhangelsk maintain long-standing economic ties: wood
and sawn timber shipments have been regular since dec-
ades ago. These ties are being given a new impetus as
Egypt-bound traffic grows, requiring Arkhangelsk to live
up to the demands of time.
Alongside this, Arkhangelsk has on offer an entire
range of wood-based products (plywood, chipboard, OSB)
as well as pulp, paper and cardboard. If we sum up the out-
puts of pulp-and-paper mills and the woodworking plants
operating in the European part of Russia, which can be
shipped via the seaport of Arkhangelsk, the figure stands
at around 5 to 7 million tons.
In 2023, the country’s lumber yards produced wood
waste in amount they couldn’t physically store, yet none
of this waste was used for the production of pellets. As a
green fuel, pellets enjoy good demand on markets across
the world. Yet, even with significant production from
woodworking industries, there is no seaport in Russia with
terminals suitable for transshipping biomass and pellets
onto modern large-tonnage ships. Unable to make use of
waste disposal options, wood producers are losing added Если суммировать объемы продукции ЛПК и ЦБП,
value. Provided there’s a terminal for shipping pellet out-
puts from all major producers – Komi Republic, Arkhan- которые производятся предприятиями в европейской
gelsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Territory – pellets sales will части России и могут быть экспортированы через
produce a powerful effect. морской порт, то это 5–7 миллионов тонн груза
In the UK, pellet receiving terminals alone have a turn-
over of 6 million tons per year. There are no such termi- If we sum up the outputs of pulp-and-paper mills and
nals in Russia. Building one within Arkhangelsk’s deep the woodworking plants operating in the European
water area is prerequisite to the sustainable future of the
woodworking sector. The problem here is that efforts to- part of Russia, which can be shipped via the seaport of
wards this goal are isolated and fragmentary, required vol- Arkhangelsk, the figure stands at around 5 to 7 million tons
umes cannot be achieved by one single player. Solution lies
in channeling the efforts towards construction of a new
higih-capacity terminal.

China-operated voyage to Shanghai

Nearly all export-bound wood and pulp-and-paper
products are shipped as containerized cargoes. Their load-
ing takes place in the country’s largest hubs in Arkhangelsk
and Komi, whose container turnover is comparable to that
of Moscow (for example, Khovrino and Vorsino freight
hubs). It sounds expedient to invigorate Arkhangelsk–Al-
exandria containerized shipment line. It has a good poten-

Maxim Zaborsky, Arkhangelsk Regional
Development Agency, Director General:
Once in place, the Russian Arctic Zone’s
modern deep water port will facilitate new
transport flows – alternatives to Trans-Siberian
Railway and other busy land routes that are
working to capacity. And now carriers along
the Northern Sea Route are offered government
subsidies, the project can expect even a bigger
turnover. The study-based estimates by TeDo
company sound promising: Arkhangelsk’s deep
water area can expect a turnover of 19.3 million
tons, in which containerized exports account for
8.9 million tons and containerized imports for 4.5
million. Importantly, there are multiple incentives
for investors, including reduced tax rates applicable
to tax residents of the Russian Arctic Zone.
The experts at Technologies of Trust –
Consulting have conducted a study that resulted
in a proposal for investors. In the regional
government, the project
is supervised by Dmitry
Yurkov, Arkhangelsk
Governor’s representative
for Arctic development
issues. To find out more
please contact us at msp29.
ru, office@msp29.ru or dial
+7 (800) 100 70 00.