Modi in Russia: What is the Chennai-Vladivostok Eastern Maritime Corridor?

• The Prime Minister recently said that India and Russia are working on the Chennai-Vladivostok Eastern Maritime Corridor.

The Project

• The Chennai-Vladivostok Maritime route connects Chennai on India’s east coast with Vladivostok, Russia’s eastern port city, opening a plethora of opportunities for trade and investment for both countries.
• Vladivostok is the end point of the Trans-Siberian Railway, the fourth in terms of cargo turnover, and the first free seaport of the Far East.
• The Vladivostok-Chennai route passes through the Sea of Japan past the Korean peninsula, Taiwan and the Philippines in the South China Sea, past Singapore and through the Strait of Malacca
  • to emerge into the Bay of Bengal And then cuts across through the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago to Chennai.
• This sea route covers a distance of approximately 5,647 nautical miles or about 10,500 km

PRELIMS TAKEAWAY

• The Vladivostok-Chennai route