Economic justification of prospects for the development of logistics activities of sea ports of the Astrakhan region in the structure of the International transport corridor «North – South».

Abstract

Due to the increased geopolitical tension and sanctions pressure on the Russian Federation from Western countries in recent years, Russia has begun the transition to a North – South logistics model instead of West – East. Within the framework of this model, the seaports of the Astrakhan region have a very favorable transit position from a geographical point of view, which allows increasing the transit potential of the Russian Federation by integrating into the international transport corridor «North – South», as well as increasing the export of transport services both in terms of volumes and range of goods. In this regard, the study substantiates the prospects, directions and problems of developing the logistics activities of the seaports of the Astrakhan region as important structural elements of the international transport corridor «North – South». An analysis of the routes of this transport corridor showed that the Trans-Caspian route has the greatest efficiency – the shortest delivery times for goods in the eastern direction. The main obstacles and restrictions for the development of this route and the directions of priority projects for its development have been identified.