Organization and Evaluation of Effectiveness of Container Traffic on Northern Sea Route

This article is devoted to issues connected with organization of containership traffic via Northern Sea Route (between the countries of Northern Europe and the Far East). The experience of cargo transportation along the Russian Arctic Coast is reviewed in this article. The problem about change of modern freight traffic of container and the technologies of seaway container transportation is discussed. The peculiarities of traditional seaway container international transport corridors are examined. The problems and risks of transporting containers by traditional international transport corridors are discussed. The possibilities and problems of Northern Sea Route commercial usage are examined. The main advantages and disadvantages of using Northern Sea Route as container transport passage are shown.