Problems of organization, functioning and development of dry ports in Siberia

Abstract

Large seaports are located within urban settlements and they are territorially limited in their development. In the process of their development, both coastal cities and ports create infrastructural problems. Currently, this is expressed in the lack of additional territories for terminals, in the insufficient development of intraport road and railway access roads, as well as port stations. The current situation limits capacity in sea and river ports. The solution of the problems of coordination in the functioning of sea and land modes of transport is seen in the use of logistics technologies and principles of managing transport processes and systems in a new organizational form. This form is a dry port – that is, a terminal located outside the territory of a seaport.
Despite the relatively short period of its existence, dry ports already have their own history. At first, these were small-sized territorial production formations located near seaports. Then dry ports began to be located in more remote areas. Transport and economic (freight) links with them, through water and road transport, ensure the effectiveness of logistics services in international trade.
The article examines the problems of organization, operation and development of dry ports, and clarifies the definition of the concept and function of a dry port. The concept of a dry port with the functions of a transport logistics center for transshipment of sea cargo on domestic routes is considered. The prerequisites for the development of a dry port in the system of transport corridors, with the participation of Siberian rivers and the Northern Sea Route, have been established.