TRANSNATIONAL TRANSPORT CORRIDOR OF THE NORTHERN SEA ROUTE BASED ON SABETTA SEAPORT: CHALLENGES OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR RUSSIA

Authors

  • Natalia A. Vuković Russian State Social University, Faculty of Ecology and Techno Sphere Safety, Moscow
  • Andrey V. Mekhrentsev Ural State Forest Engineering University, Institute of Forest Industry and Road Construction, Yekaterinburg
  • Darko B. Vuković Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA, Belgrade; Ural Federal University, Graduate School of Economics and Management, Yekaterinburg

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2298/IJGI180613005V

Keywords:

transnational transport corridor (TNC), transnational transport system, transport corridor, the Arctic region, the Northern Sea Route (NSR)

Abstract

The article investigates the opportunity of the development of a new transnational transport corridor on the base of the NSR, which is much shorter and faster than the usual one. The basis of this project is Sabetta seaport, which is considered as a potential transnational transport hub. The authors investigated the opportunities for the development of intermodal terminals and new services/goods for the East-West and North-South international transport corridors. They design this idea on the base of multi-modal transportation approach for the development of a global innovation project of NSR Transnational Transport Corridor. Using classical methods of analysis, they conclude that the port of Sabetta, as well as other ports in the Yamal Peninsula currently does not have direct rail access to the Central Russia regions and it can be good potential for regional development in Ural and Siberia. The research was limited by the official statistics about NSR dynamic of cargo volume. The results of research can provide the development of new multimodal transnational transport corridor and can be the basis of regional development in northern Russian regions. The implementation of the idea can provide a significant amount of new jobs and an enormous amount of international investments. Mainly in international scientific literacy authors examine the question of North Transport corridor by logistic and geographical aspects. The article investigates this question in more complex aspect by a multimodal approach with involvement in the NSR another means of communication like a river, railway and motorway transportation.

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2018-12-19

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Vuković, N. A., Mekhrentsev, A. V., & Vuković, D. B. (2018). TRANSNATIONAL TRANSPORT CORRIDOR OF THE NORTHERN SEA ROUTE BASED ON SABETTA SEAPORT: CHALLENGES OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR RUSSIA. Journal of the Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA, 68(3), 405–414. https://doi.org/10.2298/IJGI180613005V