To improve the efficiency and capacity of sea ports there is a need to create the logistics system that would include terminals at major transport hubs, including "dry ports." This was said at a meeting in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, dedicated to the optimization of container traffic and the construction of a container terminal, Sakhalin.info. reports. The "dry ports" are supposed to have customs clearance.
According to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk mayor Andrei Lobkin, the issue is quite urgent for the city as the regional center and freight flows passing through it are constantly growing.
The chairman of the board of directors of Vladivostok-based VL Logistics Victor Yerukaev noted that it is still not clear what should be built in
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk as long as the local ports are too busy and hence there is no need for a "dry port". He believes that the region needs more warehousing facilities for short-term storage of cargo and loads transshipment.
The meeting was attended by experts of regional specialized shipping and logistics companies (including Sakhalin Shipping Company, Kholmsk and Korsakov ports), Moscow, Vladivostok, St. Petersburg and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky based companies.