Abstract
The authors attempt to assess the environmental and economic efficiency of investment projects for the goods transportation by the northern seas of Russia taking into account the relevance of the topic of cargo transportation by means of the “Northern Sea Route” (NSR) and new concept of the digital format of the “Northern Sea Transit Corridor” (NSTC) implemented by the “Rosatom” State Corporation. The structure of import-export and transit traffic by the NSR in 2020 is considered. The goal of the article is to evaluate the efficiency of investment project for the goods transportation forwards and backwards by the NSR from Murmansk city to PetropavlovskKamchatsky city using the example of the “Andrey Osipov” shipping facility. Some indicators were assessed: planned revenue, payback period; NPV, environmental damage. The following results are obtained: the payback period is 10 years; by using the naval fuel oil over a ten-year period, 1101.6 tons of SOx, 143.1 tons of CO2, 288.9 tons of NOx will be emitted. In addition, the authors propose an innovative approach to creation of ships from new materials and technologies based on the modern paradigm of “Accelerated Digital Certification”.
Highlights
The Arctic is a unique ecosystem with an amazing fauna, a reserve source of drinking water and huge reserves of minerals
The use of cargo transportation by the Northern Sea Route” (NSR), in addition to reducing the travel time from 33 to 20 days, provides a number of other advantages: - Saving on fuel almost 2 times compared to the southern sea route. - No need to pay for the passage of the vessel. - No queues. - There is no risk of attack by pirates
As a result of a study to assess the effectiveness of an investment project, the following results were obtained: - the payback period of the project was 10 years, and the average amount per year for business development was 14 million rubles; - with naval fuel oil using over a ten-year period the 1101.6 tons of sulfur oxides, 143.1 tons of CO2, 288.9 tons of nitrogen oxides will be emitted
Summary
The Arctic is a unique ecosystem with an amazing fauna, a reserve source of drinking water and huge reserves of minerals. The sustainable development of the Arctic territories of Russia is one of the priority areas for the development of the Russian economy [1,2,3]. According to the Decree of the Russian President dated May 7, No 204, 2018, the Federal project “Northern Sea Route” (2018-2024) and the “Infrastructure Development Plan” of the “Northern Sea Route” (NSR) until 2035 (borders of the NSR determined by international law from Novaya Zemlya to Chukotka) are established (Fig. 1). The Russian legislation defined it as "the historically established national unified transport communication of Russia in the Arctic". The use of cargo transportation by the NSR, in addition to reducing the travel time from 33 to 20 days, provides a number of other advantages: - Saving on fuel almost 2 times compared to the southern sea route. - No need to pay for the passage of the vessel (unlike the Suez Canal). - No queues (as is the case with the Suez Canal). - There is no risk of attack by pirates
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