25 september 2024 — 13:41
By 2027, it is planned to create six multimodal logistics centers in Russia. This is reported by TASS, referring to the statement of the head of the Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transport Andrei Tarasenko.
Russia will have six multimodal logistics centers by 2027.
"We have already started work, and by 2027 we will have about six multimodal logistics centers that will connect the Central part of Russia and the Far East. We plan to develop transport centers in Omsk, the Amur region, Perm, Saratov, Samara, Dmitrov, as well as a successfully launched one in Sviyazhsk," he said.
Tarasenko noted the prospects for cooperation with Kazakhstan and Belarus. According to him, negotiations are currently underway with Kazakhstan on the full restoration of traffic along the Irtysh River in the North-South direction, which will connect China, Kazakhstan and the Northern Sea Route. "We are now negotiating with Kazakhstan to fully restore the North-South direction. Through the hub on the Irtysh River, we can organize a connection from China to Sabetta, the cargo can be sent in transit both in one direction and in the other," he said.
The head of Rosmorrechflot added that the agency also cooperates with Kazakhstan on the Caspian Sea in terms of cargo centralization and their direction to seaports that can handle these cargoes.