The Conception for infrastructure development of yachting and sea transport on the Russian coast of the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea
SOCHI
2021

Today, southwestern shore of the Black Sea allows developing of marine tourism and yachting to be done safely thanks to marines.
The outline of the Marinas on the Azov-Black Sea coasts
After realisation The Conception it will be possible to create intensive yachting in Russia and close the loop of the yachting and passenger traffic , provided convenient connecting of the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea waters with inland Russian waterways.
General provisions
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The Conception for infrastructure development of yachting and sea transport (the Conception) is designed to ensure integrated development of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov coastline. The main aims of this are increasing opportunities and qualitative levels of yachting tourism, water sports and coastal passenger traffic , creating convenient and accessible recreational environment, increasing of domestic and inbound tourism.

The Conception for infrastructure development of yachting and coastal traffic has strategic importance to ensure integrated development of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov coastline.

The Conception proposes creating a net of marines to ensure:

integrated development of recreational capacity of coastline

accessibility and convenience
of coastal traffic

investment appeal for of yachting
and related activities

urban planning safety for the formation of passenger transport as alternative of land one

improving population's standard of living, social development of the area

facilitating the transition from season system into annual one

environmental sustainability of the coastline and improving of living conditions of biocoenose

Without creating a net of marines, ensuring safety in passengers transport and safe anchorage for ships it is impossible to implement instructions of the President regarding development of passengers transport and ensuring of Investment appeal.

The Conception for infrastructure development of yachting and coastal traffic has strategic importance to ensure integrated development of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov coastline.

The Conception proposes creating
a net of marines to ensure:

integrated development
of recreational capacity of coastline

accessibility and
convenience
of coastal traffic

investment appeal for of yachting
and related activities

urban planning safety for
the formation of passenger transport as alternative
of land one

improving population's
standard of living, social
development of the area

facilitating the transition
from season system into annual one

environmental sustainability of the coastline and improving of living conditions of biocoenose

Without creating a net of marines, ensuring safety in passengers transport and safe anchorage for ships it is impossible to implement instructions of the President regarding development of passengers transport and ensuring of
Investment appeal.

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The current state
of yachting and
coastal traffic infrastructure
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On the coast of the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea there are several marines for yachting. For example, on the Black Sea coast there are just two marines of the second generation-Grand Marine in the Sochi port and Imeretian in Adler district. Other ones as Anapa marine, Alexino, Russian sea in Novorossiysk etc. are not high- grad due to many factors. Besides, coastal settlements have docks with different technical states. The first marine of the 3rd generation is currently under the construction in Gelendzhik. The marine is suitable for 250 yachts (length to 75m). It will be also include a passenger terminal for local ships.
On the Crimea coast there is one high-grand marine in Balaklava Bay. Other ones ensure a safe anchorage for ships but they are not marines in the modern sense.

The coast of the Sea of Azov does not have any marines.
No Russian city on the coast of the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea can qualify for modern sea resort with no yachting marines.
Passenger traffic is being reborn with many difficulties as there are no passenger ships for long- distance and local traffic.
Besides, there is no base for technical maintenance and protected and waterfront system.
Examples of unsuccessful marinas
  • Olginka
  • Novomikhailovsky
  • Gelendzhik
TheConception’s
Goals and targets
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The main goal of the Conception is to develop proposals for establishing of marines’ nets as a basis of intensive yachting , ensuring safe yachting tourism and passenger traffic and formation of modern convenient environment attractive for yachting development and inbound tourism
The Conception’ s goal is achieving the following results:
  • URBAN PLANNING
    • improving the level of urban planning safety for coast areas;
    • prevention of haphazard building on the coastal zone;
    • establishment area of intensive yachting as an element of the Mediterranean Sea tourism;
    • establishment of periphery.
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  • ECONOMY AND INVESTMENT APPEAL
    • increasing attractiveness for tourists of different interests and demands;
    • attracting investments;
    • increasing the taxable base and tax revenue to the budget;
    • simulating the development of new industries in the region;
    • increasing of hotels’ capacity of the resort.
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  • SEA DEFENCE AND RECREATION
    • optimisation of sea defence facilities;
    • creating convenient recreational areas: promenades, parks and beaches;
    • transformation of depressive areas into modern attractive resort environment.
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  • ARCHITECTURE AND LAND IMPROVEMENT
    • changing architectural design of the coastal zone by creating new transport and recreational facilities;
    • qualitative change of coastal environment.
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  • TRANSPORT ACCESSIBILITY
    • ensuring the opportunity of convenient and safe sea transport;
    • opportunity to use different types of ships;
    • extending the functional possibilities of HUB.
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  • SOCIAL SPHERE
    • employment creation in different spheres;
    • full involvement recreational resources in climate recovery;
    • increasing social role of tourism , accessibility of services and rest for Russians.
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  • Ecology
    • rehabilitation of the coastal area and offshore waters;
    • positive impact on lithodynamics of the coast;
    • positive impact on development of biocoenosis.
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Conceptual solutions
of the infrastructure development
of yachting and sea transport
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Pilot projects

for marines and sea recreational complexes at the first stage of realisation the Conception of the development of yachting infrastructure and sea transport on the Black Sea coastline

Main compositional decisions and indicators
of pilot-projects
Risks during preparation
and realisation projects
of the Conception
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INVESTORS’ RISKS
are financial development
of pre-project documentation
PROCESS OF ELIMINATION – approved programmes , territorial planning documents , earmarking of area and waters for location of facilities, investment contracts with investors.

RISKS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, ENTITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES
probability of stopping realisation of projects during construction
PROCESS OF ELIMINATION – risk insurance.
RISKS OF OPERATORS AND SHIP OWNERS
significant limitations and a huge amount of departmental requires , complicating regime of navigation in the coastal zone.
PROCESS OF ELIMINATION – requires for regime
of navigation in the coastal zone must be led to generally accepted rules.
For preventing the occurrence of risks during realisation of the Conception the following measures must be taken:


а) to exclude the opportunity
of diversion of areas and waters

Impossibility to reserve parts of waters for yachting infrastructure can lead to different using of them. Current laws
and regulations are not allowed to develop and approve documentation
at the Entity level , that can ensure opportunity to reserve areas and waters for location of sea tourism facilities
and sea transport


б) demonstration of state’s interest in attracting investments.

ACTION PLAN FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE PROJECT
  • The conception must be made a part of the Tourism Strategy of The Russian Federation and New National tourism project (the section of yachting development) up to 2035
  • Amendment to the law and regulations, strategic documentaries of the planning, providing effective implementation of the Conception
  • The development of regulatory and technical documentation for the design of the yachting objects
  • Development of the specific recommendations on using public-private partnership for marine design
  • Investment projects for development yachting facilities and artificial areas must be made a priority with benefit and preference for investors
  • Preparing the assignments for region administrations to undertake an inventory, reserving areas and waters for yachting infrastructure based on the layout of the placement of the yachting objects and sea transport on the coast of the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea, to develop documentation for area planning of the objects
  • Recommending to entities of the Russian Federation during development of planning and other documents take into account the forward plans for development of yachting tourism infrastructure