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A transport and logistics centre will be built in the Kemerovo region, simplifying access for Siberian regions to the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) and markets in India and Iran, according to Ilya Seredyuk, the Regional Governor.
The complex will be built in the city of Berezovsky and also allows the city to diversify away from its traditional coal industry, securing alternative tax revenue streams. Construction of the logistics centre is being handled by AlEnSi, one of Russia’s largest container fleet operators.
Seredyuk said “We are building a logistics centre in Berezovsky to open the shortest path to markets in Iran and India using the International North-South Transport Corridor.”
He added that at present, a significant portion of freight from Siberia passes through the congested Moscow transport hub. The new complex will absorb part of these freight flows, bypassing the Moscow region, establishing direct delivery routes, and reducing transport timelines and costs.
The project cost is over ₽2 billion, (US$25 million) to be paid off over seven years.
The new Berezovsky transport and logistics centre will generate new jobs and yield about ₽100 million in annual tax revenues. Simultaneously, it helps the city move away from coal industry dependence and supports non-coal sector development. There are additional plans to invest roughly ₽180 million in workshops to produce components for freight wagons.
Berezovsky will be integrated into the INSTC locally by constructing a highway and bridge across the Shurap River, a tributary of the River Ob. The Ob is capable of handling medium-to-large inland cargo ships, tug-and-barge push-tows, with lengths up to 130 meters.
Berezovsky is also connected by road and rail to Novosibirsk, Russia’s third largest city, which is a direct stop on the Trans-Siberian railway. Intercity trains connect Novosibirsk with Russian cities in Siberia, the Far East, Ural, and European Russia, while international trains connect Novosibirsk with China, Mongolia, Belarus, and countries in Central Asia.
Novosibirsk links Asian and Central Asian supply lines directly into the multi-modal INSTC route, heading west across Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan via the Eastern INSTC route and to freight on the Caspian Sea, and onwards towards Iran’s Caspian and Persian Gulf ports and subsequently onto India. Using the Eastern route of INSTC can reduce delivery times to Iran by 10 days and to India by up to 18 days.
