A northern alternative for the Trans-Siberian Railway

The authorities of Murmansk Oblast and Kamchatka Krai have decided to give the Trans-Siberian Railway a northern alternative by establishing a container line between the ports of Murmansk and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
The authorities of Murmansk Oblast and Kamchatka Krai have decided to give the Trans-Siberian Railway a northern alternative by establishing a container line between the ports of Murmansk and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. It is estimated that transportation of containers on the Northern Sea Route would be cheaper with less transit time  than that on the Trans-Siberian route, Portnews.ru reports.

As the first Vice-Governor of the Murmansk region Alexei Tukavin said the Murmansk region is considering the construction of a container terminal that would serve the Arctic container service between the ports of Murmansk and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Speaking at the sidelines of the fourth International Forum "The Arctic: Present and Future" in St. Petersburg he told that within the project it is expected to utilize the refrigerated facilities at Murmansk fishing terminal, which could take the fish that comes from the Far East.