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India, Russia Mull Trade in Oil, Coal, LNG on Chennai-Vladivostok Shipping Lane

© AFP 2023 Agence France-PresseAn undated handout photo shows Australian resources giant Woodside's Cossack Pioneer oil production facility in the North West Shelf (NWS) gas project, which produces a third of Australia's oil and half of its natural gas, off the northwest coast of Australia. Australian Treasurer Peter Costello said in Canberra, 23 April 2001, the government had blocked Royal Dutch Shell's 10 billion Australian dollar (five billion USD) takeover for Woodside Petroleum Ltd because it was against the national interest.
An undated handout photo shows Australian resources giant Woodside's Cossack Pioneer oil production facility in the North West Shelf (NWS) gas project, which produces a third of Australia's oil and half of its natural gas, off the northwest coast of Australia.  Australian Treasurer Peter Costello said in Canberra, 23 April 2001, the government had blocked Royal Dutch Shell's 10 billion Australian dollar (five billion USD) takeover for Woodside Petroleum Ltd because it was against the national interest. - Sputnik India, 1920, 13.09.2023
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President Vladimir Putin has said that developing the resource-rich Far-East region would be Russia’s “strategic priority” through the 21st century, as he highlighted expanding trade volumes between Moscow and the Asia-Pacific.
Coking coal, oil, fertilizers and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) have been identified as the most viable commodities which could be transported through the proposed Chennai-Vladivostok Shipping route, or the Eastern Maritime Corridor, a statement by India's ports and shipping ministry said on Tuesday.
Indian ports and shipping minister Sarbananda Sonowal participated in a session on the "operationalization of Eastern Maritime Corridor (EMC)" at the 8th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok.

“The operationalisation of Eastern Maritime Corridor will usher a new era of trade relationship between India and Russia,” the Indian minister stated in the session.

Sonowal, who is on a five-day official visit to Russia this week, underlined that the Indian teams' visit to Vladivostok, Vostochny, Nakhodka and Kozmino for the early operationalizing of the EMC was particularly helpful.
The Indian minister also extended an invitation to the Russian side to participate in a workshop in November, geared towards "smooth and swift operationalizing" of the shipping route.

According to the Indian statement, the Russian government has indicated its desire to visit Chennai with a business delegation to explore opportunities of business cooperation.

The session at the EEF was also attended by Deputy Minister of Energy Minister Sergey Mochalnikov and Ministry of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov.
The Memorandum of Intent (MoI) to develop the Chennai-Vladivostok shipping lane was signed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin at the EEF in 2019.

Chennai-Vladivostok Shipping Route to Reduce Transit Times

The Indian statement said that 5,600 nautical miles-long Chennai-Vladivostok shipping route would reduce shipping time between India and Russia by 16 days, taking around 24 days to transit between Chennai and Vladivostok through Indian and Pacific Oceans.
A larger container ship travelling at a relatively higher speed of 20-25 knots would be able to traverse the same distance in 10-12 days, it said.
The current route between India and Russia involves a shipping lane between Mumbai and St Petersburg, which takes around 35-40 days.
Aerial photo taken on July 12, 2017 shows the container pier of Zhoushan Port in Ningbo City, east China's Zhejiang Province. In the first half of 2017, Zhoushan Port handled 515 million tonnes cargoes, up 11.3 percent year-on-year, and 12.39 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) containers, up 14.6 percent year-on-year. - Sputnik India, 1920, 28.08.2023
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