Murmansk Port
Murmansk Commercial Seaport is a seaport located on the eastern shore of the Kola Bay of the Barents Sea in the city of Murmansk.
The port ranks fourth in Russia in terms of processed goods and is the second-largest port in northwest Russia (after the port of St. Petersburg).
Murmansk seaport is one of the largest ice-free ports in Russia and forms the backbone of the economy of the city.
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India’s engagement with Russia’s Arctic region has been strengthening with India-bound goods constituting the maximum share of cargo handled this year by Murmansk, located about 2,000 km northwest of Moscow.
In the first seven months of 2023, Murmansk port, the main northern gateway of Russia and a transshipment hub, handled 8 million tonnes of cargo. Of this, India accounted for 35% (Mostly, it is coal).
India was also getting involved in the Northern Sea Route (NSR), which is the shortest shipping route connecting the western part of Eurasia and the Asia-Pacific region.
The record supplies of energy resources for the Indian economy are possible due to such a reliable and safe transport artery as the NSR.
But there are challenges in navigating the 5,600-km-long NSR.
The route includes the seas of the Arctic Ocean [Kara, Laptev, East Siberian and Chukchi] which remain icebound during most parts of the year.
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