Chennai Vladivostok Maritime Corridor is a sea route covering approximately 5,600 nautical miles, or about 10,300 km, aimed at increasing bilateral trade between India and Russia. In September 2019 in Vladivostok, Prime Minister Narendra Modi signed a Memorandum of Intent for the route.[1][2]
Background[edit | edit source]
The current route from Mumbai to St Petersburg is about 3000 nautical miles longer.[1][3]
Other ports that have the potential of being linked include Visakhapatnam, Kolkata, Vostochny and Olga.[4]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chaudhury, Dipanjan Roy (12 July 2018). "Chennai-Vladivostok sea route: India's effort to counter China's OBOR could soon get a big Russian helping hand". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Explained: The sea route from Chennai to Vladivostok". The Indian Express. 2019-09-06. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
- ↑ Roche, Elizabeth (2021-02-14). "Maritime corridor, trade on Shringla's Russia visit agenda". mint. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
- ↑ "Sailing from Chennai to Russia in just 24 days". The Times of India. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
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