Last year, ships that sailed the Arctic route that runs in front of the northern Russian coast have carried a Record cargo volume of 36.2 million tonnes. He made it Known the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Government, Alexander Novak, participating in a meeting on the development of the Arctic route and the development plans for this maritime route at the 2035 held at the "Russia" exhibition-forum. Pointing out that "the Arctic is the sea route between the European part of Russia and the Far End of the Ocean. East, between Europe and Asia, and guarantees the delivery of goods in the remote areas of the far north where more than two millions of people", Novak specified that "the route is becoming particularly important given the increase in supplies in an easterly direction and it is increasingly increased interest in the transport of goods in transit'.

Alexey Likhachev, Director General of Rosatom, the Russian nuclear power operating a fleet of ships nuclear icebreakers in the Arctic region, stressed that if In 2023, a record flow of goods was achieved, by By 2030, 150 million are expected to pass through the Arctic route tonnes of goods per year, with the prospect - in one of the optimistic scenario - of further growth to €190 million tonnes to reach 220 million tonnes by 2035.

"In recent years," Likhachev said, "logistics has been negatively impacted by the global pandemic Covid-19 and the accidents in the Suez Canal and the Red Sea, which have led to a growing interest in the Arctic route from both Russian operators and foreign companies. Now the Our priority," he continued, "is to allow the throughout the year, allowing us to increase the Freight traffic across the Laptev Sea, Siberia and the Chukchi Sea. To increase transits and ensure the effectiveness of Arctic projects," Likhachev said - First of all, it is necessary to create competitive conditions on the Arctic route, to ensure greater attractiveness than the to the Suez Canal'.

Mr Likhachev specified that in order to achieve this objective, the The programme includes an increase in the number of ships by 2030 "It is planned," he explained, "to build 46 ships to the emergency rescue fleet, to build 14 ports and terminals and to put 15 satellites into orbit. All this will allow to increase the efficiency and safety of maritime traffic along the Arctic route. I also think it is necessary to synchronise the development of the Arctic route with that of other programmes, given that the Merchant flows often form in ports that do not connect directly to the Arctic route: these are the ports of the North West and of the Far East. So it's important to connect them with the hinterland through railway lines'.