9 February 17:40
Over the past year, the logistics map of Russia has changed significantly. Sanctions restrictions and the departure of a number of Western suppliers forced companies to look for alternative routes and new partnerships. As a result, neighboring countries, sea routes through southern ports and more complex but flexible supply chains have come to the fore. Parallel imports have evolved from a temporary solution into a full-fledged mechanism that maintains the stability of many industries.
Multimodal logistics in Russia has become a key tool for business adaptation. Companies are actively combining rail, road and sea transportation to reduce risks, bypass bottlenecks and reduce delivery times. If previously the main flow went through European ports and borders, now supply chains have become longer, but more diversified.
New supply directions have emerged. Instead of the usual routes through EU countries, business reoriented to other regions. The most noticeable changes occurred in the following areas:
- Türkiye – as a transit hub for machinery, equipment and components;
- Kazakhstan is a key land corridor for road and rail transport;
- China is the main source of electronics, industrial equipment and raw materials;
- The UAE is a financial and logistics center for the re-export of goods;
- Iran is a promising direction within the North-South corridor.
This geography has made supplies more sustainable: problems on one route can now be compensated for by an alternative route.
The main feature of the new reality is the complication of routes. If previously delivery could go directly from a European warehouse to Russia, now it often passes through several countries.
A typical delivery scheme today might look like this:
- purchasing goods in Asia or Europe;
- shipping to a warehouse in Turkey or the UAE;
- re-registration of documents and cargo consolidation;
- delivery to Russia through Kazakhstan or sea ports in the south of the country.
These routes require more coordination, but allow businesses to obtain needed goods without direct contracts with manufacturers.
The load on the ports of the Black and Caspian Seas, as well as on railway crossings in the east, has noticeably increased. The North-South corridor is gradually turning from a promising project into a real working route.
Main trends:
- increase in cargo traffic through the ports of Novorossiysk and Astrakhan;
- development of railway routes through Kazakhstan;
- growth of container traffic from China;
- active use of temporary storage warehouses in intermediary countries.
New logistics realities have changed not only routes, but also the approach to supply management. As a result, companies began to more often work with several suppliers instead of one, create stocks in warehouses in friendly countries, use flexible delivery schemes, and more actively attract logistics operators with an international network.
Thus, logistics has become more complex, but also more resistant to external restrictions. Parallel imports have ceased to be perceived as a temporary measure and have become a permanent element of supply chains.
Over the past year, the supply map to Russia has become more southern and eastern, and the routes themselves have become longer but more flexible. Companies that quickly adapted to the new geography of trade gained a competitive advantage and were able to maintain stability of supplies even in the face of constant changes.
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