Most of all products manufactured in the republic will pass through the port.
In February 2022, at a meeting between President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, plans to create a Belarusian port in Russia were discussed.
After the events of February 2022 began, roads, routes and ports for the export of various types of products became closed for the Belarusian side.
The Russian side, in turn, promised to assist in the accelerated completion of the port construction project on its territory.
Last week, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko announced that the previously discussed project would be put into operation before the end of 2022.
The location of the project and its cost were not announced: the President of Belarus was presented for discussion several options for developing its own port facilities, one of which has already been decided.
It was also noted that Belarusian cargo is already being transshipped through the location where the decision was made.
For the rest of the proposed locations, discussion and refinement of investment parameters are underway.
At the moment Belarus is cooperating with 9 Russian ports on the Baltic and South Seas on the issues of transshipment of export cargoes.
According to Roman Golovchenko, the port facilities to be created by Minsk on the territory of Russia will be a commercial project designed not only for Belarusian cargo.
At the moment, there is a surplus in container transportation capacity and a shortage in the transportation of mineral fertilizers.
The creation of its own port facilities on the territory of Russia will allow Belarus to optimize the cost of cargo transportation services.
Another important point is the reliability of the agreements reached, which will allow the republic to export products at any time, regardless of the situation.
Emphasizing the moment of reliability, the Prime Minister of Belarus recalled the situation in Klaipeda.
The Belarusian company Belaruskali had a stake in the Klaipeda terminal, but due to sanctions, they were unable to transship mineral fertilizers through this terminal.
The Belarusian enterprise owns 30% of the property, the fate of which the Lithuanian authorities prefer to remain silent.
As a location for its port facilities, Belarus is also interested in the port of Murmansk, which has free access to the oceans.
Unlike the Baltic, which has a relatively small outlet to the ocean, Murmansk allows cargo to enter both the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific along the northern sea route.
Minsk plans to redirect 20 million tons of Belarusian cargo for export through the ports of St. Petersburg.
