МОРСКАЯ ТРАНСПОРТНО-ЛОГИСТИЧЕСКАЯ ИНФРАСТРУКТУРА КАСПИЙСКОГО РЕГИОНА: ПРОБЛЕМЫ И ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ РАЗВИТИЯ

Abstract

The paper focuses on the problems of intensive building international transport corridors bypassing Russia, accelerated growing of economic systems of China, India and, in the near future, Iran, which necessitate creating the competitive marine transportation and logistics infrastructure in the Caspian region, whose favorable geographical location makes for realizing the transit potential of cargo transportation across the territory of Southern Russia. Based on the study of modern approaches to the concept of logistics infrastructure, the content and object component of the maritime transport and logistics infrastructure have been clarified. It has been found that the letter of the Federal Customs Service No.21-50/39656 dated 21.08.2009 is the only regulating document specifying functions and main points of the logistics infrastructure in the Russian Federation. Special issues reflecting real state of the marine transportation and logistics infrastructure have been considered in terms of the Strategy of sea port infrastructure development up to 2030. The study of the place and role of the Caspian region in creating the international transport corridors “North-SOUTH”, the Chinese project “One zone, one road”, “East-West” has revealed the competitive advantages of Russian ports in the Caspian sea. Three of the twenty four operating sea ports on the Caspian seashore belong to the Russian Federation: port Astrakhan, port Olya, and port Makhachkala. The problems and prospects for the development of sea trade have been defined; the need to create the modern marine transportation and logistics infrastructure within the framework of unified transport and logistics policy in the Caspian region has been inferred.