The Chennai–Vladivostok sea corridor connecting the coast of the Bay of Bengal with the Russian Far East has been officially commissioned. This is reported by Trinity Mirror, a partner of the TV BRICS network, with reference to Sarbananda Sonovala, Minister of Port Infrastructure, Navigation and Development of Inland Waterways of the Republic.
It is assumed that this trade route will simplify the transportation of coal, oil, liquefied natural gas, fertilizers, textiles and other products. According to the head of the ministry, deliveries are already underway.
The length of the sea corridor is about 10.3 thousand kilometers, which reduces the transit time to 24 days. Previously, goods went through the Suez Canal, which took about 40 days.
It is noted that Moscow and New Delhi also plan to jointly increase the potential of maritime cooperation. The states plan to train Indian sailors to work in polar waters and build icebreakers in Indian shipyards.
The idea of creating the Chennai – Vladivostok corridor was announced in 2019 during a meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin during the visit of the head of the Indian government to the capital of Primorsky Krai. The publication emphasizes that the project was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but in 2024 interest in it resumed amid the need to create more efficient trade routes.
Source https://tvbrics.com/news/vlasti-indii-soobshchili-o-nachale-raboty-morskogo-koridora-chennai-vladivostok/
