Problems of organizing the transportation of petroleum products in the Northern Caspian by the Reidtanker shipping company in the late 1930s - early 1940s.

10.54398/1818510Х_2023_3_75

Annotation

In the modern world, the development of the economy cannot be imagined without the use of refined products, therefore, the study of logistics schemes for the transportation of hydrocarbons, including in a historical context, is relevant. In this regard, the experience of organizing the transporta-tion of bulk oil cargoes in the waters of the Caspian Sea is interesting, which since the beginning of the 20th century represented a large hub, a significant part of which was traffic flows for the transportation of crude oil and petroleum products. This article discusses the historical and economic experience of restructuring the work of maritime transport for the transportation of oil on the example of the Caspian offshore shipping company “Reidtanker”. The purpose of the article is to analyze the work of the Reidtanker shipping company in the late 1930s and early 1940s. The source base of the article was compiled, archival materials – market reviews, operational and annual reports on the main activities of the shipping company. The work used historical-genetic, historical-typological, historical-comparative research methods. The study showed that conducted in the late 1930s the reorganization of the maritime transport system for the transportation of oil products in the Caspian did not bring the expected positive results. Administrative reform was not supported by the modernization of the fleet, capital investments in the development of its infrastructure. Therefore, by the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, the Caspian offshore shipping company “Reidtanker” was experiencing serious logistical problems.

Keywords

• shipping company “Reidtanker”
• Caspian Sea
• port
• hydrological regime
• sea raid
• tow
• barge
• oil
• communication node
• navigation
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Contribution of the authors

Timofeeva E. G. – scientific management, research concept, justification of the purpose of the article, writing the draft, the consolidation of data, final conclusions; Belyavtsev S. V. – work in archives, processing and presentation of statistical data, source materials, writing the draft, follow-on revision of the text, final conclusions.

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