Freight Transport Management in the Arctic Zone of Russia

Abstract

The North of Russia is an important supplier of strategic materials for the industrial needs of both the country and the whole world. In this regard, it is urgent to improve the efficiency of the entire transport and technological system to ensure normal living and working conditions for the population of the North of Russia and the Arctic Zone. This chapter describes the features and main risk factors affecting the transport and technological processes of moving essential goods. Currently, active efforts are being taken at the state level to launch projects for the development of the relevant infrastructure in the Arctic to solve problems with transport and logistics support of freight transportation. The climatic factor, creating sever conditions of living, is considered the priority. It has a significant impact on the operation time of temporary transport routes. For instance, in the summer, the period of navigation along the northern rivers depends on the climatic conditions. In the course of transport planning for the delivery to the northern territories (Severny Zavoz), the beginning and end of navigation can be predicted, which makes it possible to improve the transportation plans and reduce economic losses from downtime during multimodal transportation. With the effective development of the methodology for creating the structure of the organizational-managerial management system of the transport-logistical center, an analysis was carried out of the processes of planning and managing the northern delivery of goods to the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The availability of year-round communications makes it possible to reduce the volume of inventories in warehouses, reduces the number of transshipments, and shortens transportation time; as a result, there is no need for cargo storage, and, consequently, credit resources are saved, transport and logistics services of the region are improved, and the northern delivery plan to each region of the north of Russia will be fully implemented.KeywordsRepublic of Sakha (Yakutia)Arctic zoneTransportation of goodsFreight transport management systemNatural and climatic factorsSevere conditions