Today, its population has shrunk to 4,000, but its location may once again serve it well as Moscow seeks to turn its Northern Sea Route into a profitable shipping shipping lane connecting Europe and Asia. As the largest country in the world, Russia has comprehensive coastline areas. The Russian naval facility in Tartus is a leased military installation of the Russian Navy located on the northern edge of the sea port of the Syrian city of Tartus.Up until 2017, Russian official usage classified the installation as a Material-Technical Support Point (Russian: M-T O, ) and not as a base. The port itself is also one of Russia’s largest, in terms of cargo. As the worlds biggest port situated along Northern Sea Route. Located beyond the Arctic Circle, Murmansk sea port remains ice-free year round giving Northern Russia a vital lifeline. (Map: Arctic Portal)Murmansk Transport Hub was established in 1915 as one of the biggest. The Port of Murmansk is an exemplar of Russian ingenuity and tenacity. At its height in the 1980s, it was home to 12,000 people, and 25% of cargo traffic to Yakutia passed through its port, where cargo was loaded from sea-going vessels to riverboats and transported onward via the Lena River.Īfter the collapse of the Soviet Union and in the ensuing economic crisis of the 1990s, the port came to a standstill, jobs disappeared end living standards plummeted. Even the drastically icy waters of the Barents Sea cannot slow down Russian trade. Click on each port or country in the map below to view the latest port. Located above the Arctic Circle, east of the mouth of the Lena River, on the coast of the bay of the same name in the Laptev Sea, the town of Tiski has seen better times. With the ongoing Ukraine-Russia situation, various ports are imposing new. After losing two-thirds of its population since the 1980s, the town of Tiksi is counting on the emergence of the Northern Sea Route as profitable shipping lane for Moscow as it looks to reinvigorate a local shipping industry
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