Key research tasks:
- Studying the crushed stone market for supply by rail
- Studying the possibility of transporting crushed stone from Karelia by water
- Assessment of the potential of import substitution supply of crushed stone supplies
1. Study of the crushed stone market when deliveries by railway transport
1.1. Determining the geography (regions) of crushed stone supplies from Karelia in 2011-2013
1.2. Assessment of the level of competition in each region of supplies from Karelia: a comparison of the volume of supplies from Karelia and other regions, the formation of targeted regions
1.3. Determination of the most significant consignees in each target region indicating the volume of procurement.
Source of information: analysis of Russian Railways
2. Studying the possibility of transportation of crushed stone from Karelia by water
2.1. Assessment of the composition of available ships barges
2.2. Assessment of the presence of free sites for receiving crushed stone, the need for their completion by a graffer or other equipment,
2.3. Assessment of significant demand in accessible ports of unloading of the railway track for further transportation.
3. Studying the possibility of shipping companies
3.1. Specialized companies for the transportation of crushed stone, their experience and the scale of crushed graphics in 2012-2013. (Petrozavodskaya shipping company, Karelian shipping company, Belomorsk Onega Shipping Company, North-West Shipping Company and others)
3.2. Assessment of the possibility of transportation of crushed stone in 2014 or the time necessary to prepare for such transportation
3.3. Ports of crushed stone unloading.
4. Porters on the passage of crushed stone
4.1. List of ports on the passage of crushed stone, volumes of navigation transshipment in 2012 or 2013
4.2. The presence and equipment of free sites for transshipment of crushed stone,
5. Assessment of the potential of import substitution of supply of crushed stone from the Scandinavian countries
6. Preparation of the consolidated report
6.1. The composition of the target regions when delivering a railway through and key buyers of crushed stone (with a total volume of at least 20 million)
6.2. Port rating for the attractiveness and feasibility of transshipment of crushed stone, a list of significant consignees (in the region of the port) of crushed stone purchased from other regions.
6.3. The potential for import substitution of deliveries of crushed stone from the Scandinavian countries and a list of buyers of imported crushed stone.
