Ports and navigation

The maritime transport scheme of Chukotka includes 5 seaports located on its territory: the port of Pevek in the East Siberian Sea, and ports of Provideniya, Egvekinot, Anadyr, and Beringovsky in the Bering Sea.

Chukotka's sea ports do not have their own middle or large-tonnage fleet; their main task is processing cargos delivered by vessels of steamship lines of two directions: the West direction (from Arkhangelsk, Murmansk and St. Petersburg) and the East direction (from Vladivostok, Nakhodka, Vanino, Magadan, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and ports on Sakhalin). At the same time the East direction is the main one, which is connected with ice conditions of navigation in the Eastern Arctic.

Navigation periods last: from July till October in Pevek; from July till November in Provideniya; from July till the beginning and the middle of October in Beringovsky and Egvekinot respectively, and from July till October in Anadyr. The port of Provideniya can be used all year round, if vessel pilotage is supported with icebreakers.

Successful navigation during the last five years is due to the stabilization of the general social and economic situation, which in its turn made it possible to timely prepay the enterprises of the sea transport for the execution of necessary works connected with the repairs of the necessary facilities and equipment in pre-navigation periods.

Total cargo circulation of Chukotka's ports for the last 5 years has increased by more than 30%. 231 sea vessels and 735 thousand tons of miscellaneous cargo was processed at the sea ports in 2005.

Anadyr

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COMMENTS

The program of economic development in Chukotka can be carried out, considers vice-premier of government CHAO M. Sobolev.

First of all, the long-term program leans on resources of peninsula. Let’s begin that geological resources of Chukotka are explored today on 10 %-17 %. The next regions are explored much better. And even on these, tentative estimations resources here can be found. The proved resources of gas on the Priosernoe deposit - 7,3 billion cubic meters. Oil resources are estimated approximately in 10 million tons, the proved stocks make 4 million tons of them. They are dispersed on small Fields, such, as Hatirskoe, where extraction is conducted by "Sibneft" company. But it is not necessary to dismiss a shelf – it’s insufficiently studied yet, but there are data, that it’s resources can make up to 14 billion tons of conditional fuel. Exxon Mobile Company in similar ice conditions, in Baffin bay has constructed 7 platforms. What prevents to construct them here?
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Reindeer breeding can be profitable: E. Marochkin acting on the head of agriculture and foodstuffs department makes comments.

There was a moratorium on an industrial slaughter of deers in district till 2006. But now it is removed, farms have allocated a contingent for commodity slaughter this year. It is planned to hand over in a trading network about 9 thousand deers this year. Within the limits of national project the agrarian and industrial complex have got slaughter area on terms of financial leasing which is assembled in Kanchalan. Basically its value is in that correctly cut production will receive a trade look and will answer all established norms. The livestock of deers for September, 1st - from above 183 thousand. It’s below the level of 1990 (490 thousand heads), nevertheless, in Chukotka a livestock grows on faster rates, than on Yamal, and it’s our main competitor. Potential market - not only Vladivostok, but also Japan, Korea, China. Reindeer breeding is, at least, preservation of a traditional way of life of native people and food safety of region and when sales volumes become great enough, branch can turn in profitable.
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