New trends and prospects for the development of the North-South international transport corridor

Russia’s participation in the formation of corridors in international traffic has become an important state task in recent years. In the context of sanctions from the EU and the US, the use of the usual directions of cargo transportation has become more complicated. Russia has become the leader in terms of the number of sanctions imposed against it, their main goal is to cause significant damage to the country’s economy. Against this background, serious logistical restrictions have arisen, and the routing of cargo flows has generally changed. It is no longer possible to count on the previous routes of cargo flows, they need to be reoriented to other routes. One of such tasks will be the implementation of the North-South ITC project. This route, which starts in St. Petersburg and ends in the port of Mumbai (India), is designed to improve logistics between the Russian Federation and the countries of the Persian Gulf and South Asia. An analysis of the current state of the North-South international transport corridor (NS ITC) is given. The North-South Corridor is one of the most important historical corridors connecting Europe and Russia with Iran and the countries of South Asia. The North-South ITC will allow to restore some transport chains and increase cargo turnover, even taking into account the restrictions and sanctions imposed by the US and the EU. The North-South transport corridor can also solve the fundamental problem of our export competitiveness in the growing markets of India and China.