Russian Special Economic Zones and Prosperity Analysis
2. Regional economy
g) Transport infrastructure
Sea and
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river
transport
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Airports
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Saint Petersburg
Leningrad region
The territory of St. Petersburg and Leningrad region is the European gateway of Russia as well as a major destination and
transportation hub for all the transportation modes
St. Petersburg is Russia's largest sea and river port in the
Baltic Sea
The port complex includes:
The Grand Seaport of St. Petersburg (freight turnover
amounted 59.3 million tons in 2018), The Lumber port, river
ports on Vasilievsky Island and in the Nevsky Freight District,
port facilities in Lomonosov and Kronshtadt
Passenger terminal on Vasilievsky Island (regular voyages to
Estonia, Finland, Latvia, and Sweden)
River ports: Leningradsky, Podporozhsky and Sviritsky
The length of navigable waterways over 2 000 km
The total length of all rivers 50 000 km
Main rivers: Neva, Svir, Volkhov and Vuoksa
Sea ports: Ust-Luga (98.7 million tons in 2018),
Primorsk (53.5 million tons in 2018), Vyborg (1.9 million tons
in 2018), Vysotsk (18.8 million tons in 2018)
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The Baltic Sea is connected with the Black Sea through canals
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Airport complex Pulkovo located 16 km south of Saint Petersburg and consists of 3 buildings, the newest one was built in 2013
Direct air links with most major countries and airlines
Over 18 million passengers in 2018, the Pulkovo Airport is the 38th busiest airport in Europe
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