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The transport complex of the Arkhangelsk Region includes all types of transportation: sea, river, railway, aviation and automobile.
The Arkhangelsk transportation junction has been well organized. Historically there have always been the headquarters of the Northern Shipping Company. The sea transportation plays the main role in foreign trade and supplying the coastal areas and islands of the Arctic. The chief cargo ports are Onega, Mezen, Naryan-Mar.
The Arkhangelsk sea port is the first trading port of Russia, a cradle of the Russian ship-building, at present it is the second (after London) world’s port in the length of its berths.
Two railway departments of the Northern Railway exist in the Arkhangelsk Region, the Arkhangelsk Department and the Solvychegodsk Department. The transportation is carried out in the following directions: Moscow, Saint-Petersburg, Murmansk, Kirov, Vorkuta. The railway roads’ density is 3 km per 1000 square km.
Automobiles carry out the bulk of home cargo and passenger transportation. The federal highway Arkhangelsk – Moscow (M8) is of great importance for the Regional economy, it enables the automobile transportation follow other Russian roads and the roads of foreign states. The automobile roads’ density is 12 km per 1000 square km.
Rivers provide for inter-regional transportation mainly. The length of exploited river routes is about 4000 km.
Air transportation is mainly passenger and urgent cargo transportation for geologists, as well as forests’ protection. The routes map of the Air Company «Aeroflot – Nord» there are more than 60 cities and towns of Russia, near and far away foreign countries. The Air Company «Aeroflot – Nord» flies with TU-154, AN-154, AN-24, Boeing 737.
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 | | Transport of the Arkhangelsk RegionThe Arkhangelsk Region Transport Companies Association was founded at the end of the year 2000, on the initiative of Joint-Stock Company «The Arkhangelsk Sea Port», Joint-Stock Company «The Northern Sea Agency», Joint-Stock Company «The Northern Shipping Company». The idea was immediately supported practically by all transportation companies busy in sea and river transportation. The Association was joined by the river transport workers, the Arkhangelsk Department of the Northern Railway Road, Joint-Stock Company «Krasnaya Kuznitsa» (‘Red Smithy’) Repairs Plant. For more detail... |
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| | The Air Company «Aeroflot – Nord»The Air Company «Aeroflot – Nord» is the largest air company in the North-West of the Russian Federation. It is among the ten leaders in air transportation in Russia in the number of passengers on the home lines. For more detail... |
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| | Joint-Stock Company «The Northern Railway Roads»Historically the railroad is the main mean of transportation on the huge territory of the Region. Today the «NRR» is a conveyer-like transportation line, stable and regular transportation supplier of the North-West of Russia. The longest part of the railroad is exploited under the severe conditions of the Far North and Trans-Polar area. Just one ride will allow one to see the gardens in flower near Moscow, taiga forests and tundra, to cross the snow-covered Polar Urals and to get from Europe to Asia. For more detail... |
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| | «The Arkhangelsk Central Agency of Air Communications»The «ACAAC» sales tickets for home and international flights. The Agency has got direct agency contracts with the leading Russian and foreign air companies, such as «Aeroflot – Nord», «Aeroflot RA», «Pulkovo», «SAS», «Luftgansa» which allows passengers to use special tariffs offered by the air companies. Having a contract with the Joint-Stock Company «Russian Railway Roads», the «ACAAC» sales railway tickets in the cities of Arkhangelsk, Severodvinsk, Naryan-Mar, Murmansk, Monchegorsk, and Olenegorsk (in the Murmansk Region). For more detail... |
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