Governor Andrey Chibis, as part of a report to the Murmansk Regional Duma, reported on the implementation of key investment projects in the region. According to the governor, the adoption of key investment decisions at the federal level for the Murmansk Region is a guarantee of the further development of the Arctic.
President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin supported the project of integrated development of the Murmansk transport hub. Recall that the issue of activating the Murmansk transport hub development project has been repeatedly raised by Governor Andrey Chibis.
Thus, as part of the implementation of this project, the President of the Russian Federation launched a working movement on the railway bridge across the Tuloma River from the Exit station to the Lavna port on the western shore of the Kola Bay, and in 2025, during a working visit to the Murmansk Region, Vladimir Putin launched the shipment of the first batch of coal from the Lavna transshipment complex.
The planned transshipment volume of the terminal is 18 million tons per year, with an increase in the future to 24 million tons without significant additional investments.
"The implementation of the project will create additional port facilities to ensure stable year-round exports of Russian products to world markets, as well as open up new opportunities for the development of the port infrastructure of the port of Murmansk in connection with the new railway infrastructure on the western shore of the Kola Bay, which in turn has a multiplier effect for the development of other sectors of the Murmansk Region's economy and quality improvement. the lives of the residents," said the head of the region.
The governor also recalled that following his speech at the International Arctic Forum in Murmansk, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed in the coming years to increase the capacity of the Murmansk transport hub through the construction of new terminals and the expansion of railway approaches by at least three times. The prospective volume of cargo transportation by rail to the Murmansk seaport by 2030 is about 100 million tons.
An important decision for the region was the gasification of the Murmansk Region with natural gas, which was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2022 following a meeting with Governor Andrey Chibis. This was preceded by the systematic work of the regional government. In addition, within the framework of the International Arctic Forum, which was held in Murmansk at the end of March, Vladimir Putin instructed to ensure the commissioning of the Volkhov–Murmansk main gas pipeline by 2030. The issue of gasification is extremely important for the region, as the Murmansk Region is a fuel–dependent region of the Russian Federation, and the high cost of fuel is one of the constraints on industrial development.
Thus, subject to gasification, a number of enterprises have announced the possibility of implementing new investment projects to modernize existing ones and create new industries and industries.
The head of the region paid special attention to the effects of gasification. Among them are changes in the technological structure of the largest industrial companies in the chemical and metallurgical, mining and gas chemical segments, the creation of new high–value-added industries, increased tax revenues to the regional budget, abandonment of fuel oil and coal, increased environmental well-being, as well as lower utility bills for the population.
The region is currently developing a program for the development of gas supply and gasification in the Murmansk Region, which will be signed this fall. Recall that last week Andrey Chibis held a meeting with the management of Gazprom, during which the parties discussed the practical implementation of the project.
/ Ministry of Information Policy of the Murmansk Region /