The Yamal Sabetta – gate of the Arctic

In seaport Sabetta will be established a sea cargo constant check point through Frontier of the Russian Federation. About it it is spoken at the disposal of the Government of the Russian Federation. The Federal frontier arrangement agency has to carry out stage-by-stage adoption of the admission.

Port Sabetta was projected as an infrastructure component of the project on liquefied natural gas production (LNG) of "Yamal LNG". Its mission – base for supply of LNG, oil and gas condensate from Russia to countries of Western Europe, North and South America and the Pacific Rim. Part in more solemnly laying of the new port of Russia in July, 2012 was taken by the Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Maxim Sokolov, the Governor of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area Dmitry Kobylkin and the Chairman of the board of JSC Novatek Leonid Mikhelson. Let's note that the first cargo vessels moored to the port mooring in October of this year.

With implementation of other transport and infrastructure projects of Yamal the role and value of port considerably increase in Sabetta.

"Sabetta is considered not only as Arctic монопорт for supply of the liquefied gas, - are made comments by the Governor of Yamal Dmitry Kobylkin. – Today on Yamal the large-scale transport project – the Northern width course, which task – first is realized, connection Northern and Sverdlovsk iron is expensive; secondly, a conclusion of transport system of Russia through the peninsula of Yamal on the Arctic port in Sevmorputi's center".

The head of the Arctic region among the main advantages of the project allocates granting to many regions of Russia of an exit to the Arctic, to Sevmorputi: "… To it logistically to favorable, economically effective and safe route in any direction on a northern contour of the continent – both to Europe, and to Asia".

The president of the Russian Federation charged to make till March 1, 2014 changes to the federal target program "Development of Transport System of Russia (2010-2020)" which would consider optimization of design decisions on port construction at its financing. Instructions are given following the results of meeting on a question of implementation of the project of "Yamal LNG" which took place in Salekhard on September 25 within the International Arctic forum. In the federal budget on construction of port it is provided by 47,3 billion rubles.

Then the President of the Russian Federation charged to the cabinet to adopt the acts providing establishment in port and the airport of Sabetta of check points till December 1, 2013, and also to approve the plan of measures on their design, construction, the equipment and a hardware, and also financing of these works taking into account planned opening till June 30, 2014. Besides, in 2018 in the settlement Sabetta is planned to open a customs post which it will be used for any cargo transportation, and also to provide needs of the neighboring regions.

Let's remind that on Yamal much attention in the Annual report of the Governor of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area is paid to development of transport infrastructure. "The history shows that the destiny of Russia directly depends on the North, - the Head of the region told, in particular. – Yamal is today the leader of an industrial exit in the Arctic zone. All our large investment projects: Bovanenkovo, port Sabetta, Yamal LNG plant, the Northern width course and others are approved as the President and the Government of the Russian Federation and supported by inhabitants of the district. Construction of the Northern width course with an exit to the Northern Sea Route becomes an additional benefit. The Arctic infrastructure projects which are realized on Yamal, have no analogs in the world. Their start – real breakthrough for Russia" , - was told by Dmitry Kobylkin.