the Russian Federation Government Program "Transport System Development" includes different activities on technical maintenance of water routes and hydraulic structures, maritime traffic search-and-rescue aid, shipping navigation and surveying facilities for the Northern Sea Route lines. The aim of this work is studying year-round performance efficiency improvement of the Russian Arctic Maritime Transport Route (AMTR) including shore infrastructure which affects reducing port operations during transportation of cargo. In order to achieve this goal comparative analysis of implementation of investment projects for shore infrastructure development is presented in the article. There is an example of an innovative project for introduction of an automated loading facility. Based on the given data on activities for improvement of port operations efficiency and according to experts about 20% improvement is possible.