The new deep-water area of the Arkhangelsk seaport will be built according to state-of-the-art standards, based on modern developments and scientific achievements. This was announced by Alexander Tsybulsky, the Head of the Arkhangelsk Region, TASS reports.

'A global project to build a new deep-water port area. This is, in essence, the creation of a new port,' the governor said. 'Indeed, [we need] to try to build a fundamentally new port. This, I think, will yield significant synergies across all areas. This includes the development of our scientific and educational base, a clear competence for the scientific and educational centre of our universities, and a clear competence for our inter-university campus, which will be specifically engaged in this, as well as the possibility of using unmanned technologies in port operations.'

It is planned that the deep-water area of the Arkhangelsk seaport in the Dvina Bay of the White Sea will have a maximum permissible draft of 14.5 m, which will allow handling Panamax-type vessels with a deadweight of 75,000 tons.

'The second limitation at present is, of course, the capacity of the railway. Therefore, the governor and his team are now analysing the second stage. Rosatom is actively involved in this,' Vladimir Panov, Rosatom State Corporation's Special Representative for Arctic Development, told reporters.

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