The Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Viktor Olersky is speaking about the strategy of the Russian sea port infrastructure development:

November 19, 2010

“We suppose that when the strategy is finished, it will become a regulatory legal act and the RF government will issue a corresponding decree. From then on the document will be a guide to action.

What is the current situation? How do they decide about the port infrastructure development today? Despite the federal special-purpose programme we, unfortunately, can’t see any effect, any solution to the sea port development. Today’s solutions are primarily a response to initiatives of stakeholders, who just invest money. There is a number of super activists wishing to construct a port in a certain place. And the problem is the profile of such ports as the investor’s ideas often do not coincide with the national priorities for the transport infrastructure development.

The gap between investors’ pledges and expenditure commitments of the state is evident. In many cases our expenditure obligations don’t fit in with the implementation plans and periods, which an investor sets for their superstructural projects. So, it happens that a terminal has already been constructed, but the transport infrastructure hasn’t. Moreover, state expenditures for the development of a port transport approach are and should be in large excess over a private investor’s expenses for the project superstructural part.

What we are now preparing – I believe it will take some months more – are concrete proposals for building any given terminal with any given specialization. These plans must be in line with the plans of Rosmorport, Russian Railways and other organizations and executive agencies. We should try to synchronize our arrangements. The future document is expected to become, in some sense, the investor’s companion.

Finally, I’d like to mention, that at present there is a continuous talk about the removal of the port facilities from St. Petersburg. This has been a trending topic among the media for the last two weeks.
Nobody raises the issue of removing the port facilities from Petersburg. It is just necessary to evaluate the city demand for the port facilities. St. Petersburg can’t stretch. So, the demand for the development – but not for the removal, I repeat – of port facilities in the Leningrad region will emerge. As to the current Petersburg port players then we must fulfill our obligations comprehensively, that is we must provide them with all necessary transport infrastructure.
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The Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Viktor Olersky is speaking about the strategy of the Russian sea port infrastructure development:

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