OREANDA-NEWS. August 26, 2009. Primorsk Commercial Port LLC (sea terminal handling oil in Primorsk, Leningrad region) has formed a work group to launch EDP system (Early Departure Procedure).

“This group is to launch a pilot project on EDP introduction,” he said.

EDP is a generally recognized electronic system has been successfully applied for a long time at many international export-import terminals. EDP introduction is recommended by an International Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic (FAL, 1965) ratified by Russia as early as in 1967. However, it is not in practice at Russian sea terminals.