Study of the Cargo Base of the Northern Regions of the Russian Federation During the Construction of the Northern Latitudinal Railway

Abstract

In connection with the latest events in the country, when the West imposes economic sanctions not only on individual enterprises, but even on entire industries, one of the main goals of the government is to protect and strengthen the national economy, reduce dependence on Western companies and establish ties with enterprises in Asian countries, Africa, Indochina. As a result, the construction of transport corridors for the export of products and ensuring transport accessibility to the most remote regions of the country is of great importance. The need to implement the Northern Latitudinal Railway project has been identified as a priority for achieving the most important goals of developing the transport infrastructure of the region and the country as a whole, reducing the length of transport routes from fields in the northern regions of Western Siberia to the ports of the Baltic, White, Barents and Kara Seas. The large-scale infrastructure project “Northern Latitudinal Railway” will provide an opportunity to export cargo from Yamal and from fields in the north of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. On April 13, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the development of the Russian Arctic zone. During the meeting, the head of state instructed the relevant departments to begin construction of the Northern Latitudinal Railway, approve a consolidated plan for the development of the Northern Sea Route until 2035, with the definition of volumes and sources of funding. The aim of the work was to study an additional cargo base, in addition to the one already available on the territory of Yamal (23.9 million tons of cargo), from the northern regions of the Russian Federation, in particular from the Krasnoyarsk Territory, while continuing the construction of the Northern Latitudinal Railway to Norilsk.