The Russian government is preparing to launch the first of two new transport corridors linking Russia’s Far East ports with China’s northeast provinces by taking steps intended to cut transport costs by 15 percent.
In order to further simplify container handling on both routes, the Russian government plans to sign a package of agreements with China on the simultaneous inspection of containers and the provision of transshipment status to cargo returning to China.
The Primorye-1 route will open at the end of 2016 after the 10 billion ruble (USD 250 million) reconstruction of State Border and Ussuriisk road and expansion of Grodekovo railway station.
The second corridor, Primorye-2, will cost 165 billion rubles (USD 2.4 billion), according to the Ministry of Far East Development. The majority of this sum will be allocated for the construction of terminals and related infrastructure. Of that total, about 35 billion rubles (USD 510 million)will be invested in the building of a railway line to Zarubino.
The Primorye-2 route connecting Hunchun, China to Zarubino should be officially commissioned by 2020 and able to handle 15 million tonnes of containerized cargo per year.
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