Rosatom will receive management of the Vladivostok Commercial Sea Port (VMTP), the main asset of the FESCO group, while it is not planned to enter the company’s capital yet. President of the FESCO group Arkady Korostelev has made a proposal for “systemic interaction” to the head of the state corporation, Alexei Likhachev, RBC reports.
Mr. Korostelev’s letter says that FESCO already provides transportation of more than 30% of cargo (over 10 thousand tons) for nuclear power plants under construction abroad. He noted the prospects for combining the efforts of companies to develop the Northern Sea Transit Corridor (part of the program for the development of the Northern Sea Route, NSR) in “conditions of high market competition and geopolitical turbulence.” Arkady Korostelev reminded that FESCO annually delivers more than 200 thousand tons of cargo to the Far North, Siberia and the Far East. According to him, the company’s capacities allow “to form Arctic logistics and facilitate the successful implementation” of the NSR development program.
Representatives of Rosatom and FESCO confirmed the conclusion of the agreement, but did not specify the details. According to the source of the publication, in early 2021, Rosatom will become the managing company for the Commercial Sea Port, and the state corporation will also participate in the investment program for the development of the port. The interlocutors of the publication did not name the amount of possible investments, but one of them recalled that in the summer at a meeting of the international public council of the Northern Sea Route, the general director of the logistics operator Rusatom Rusatom Cargo, Alexander Neklyudov, spoke of his readiness to invest $ 274.5 million in one transport and logistics hub.
In July, Mr. Neklyudov said that Rusatom Cargo is negotiating a joint venture (JV) with the port operator DP World and the logistics company Integrated Service Solutions GS. According to preliminary data, the joint venture will be engaged in the transportation of goods along the NSR; the pilot operation of the line is scheduled to begin in 2024.
More details – in the material of “Kommersant” “Rosatom” will launch containers along the Northern Sea Route “.
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