Freight transport corridors to Russia via the Baltic Sea.

Author(s)
Permala, A.
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Abstract

The disintegration of the former Soviet Union into independent states has changed its transport infrastructure. One major change in the foreign trade of Russia is that many of the key ports and railway connections are nowadays situated in neighbouring countries. On the Baltic sea, the direct sea connection to continental Europe, only the ports of St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad remained in Russian territory. The freight corridors to Russia via the Baltic sea go directly to Russia, via Finland or via Baltic countries. The area of St. Petersburg is the main gateway to Russia. The port of St. Petersburg is however congested. The development of ports is under way, but it will take a lot of time, and other freight corridors are will take a lot of time, and other freight corridors are also needed. It might be possible for corridors to Russia to go via Finland or the Baltic countries. Direct land corridors from Continental Europe by road and railway suffer from long distances, technical problems and cumbersome formalities at the borders. The demand for port capacity in Russian foreign transport is estimated to be 60-70 million tons/year in the short run and 120-150 million in the long run. This means that besides the Russian ports, Finnish and Baltic corridors are also needed in the author's view to handle the goods flow. (A)

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C 4256 (In: C 4255) /72 / IRRD 863865
Source

In: Outreach : proceedings of seminar G (P369) held at the 21th PTRC European Transport and Planning Summer Annual Meeting, University of Manchester, England, September 13-17, 1993, p. 1-9, 15 refs.

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