OREANDA-NEWS. December 01, 2010. At Admiral Ushakov Maritime State Academy the guest joint meeting of Council of Federal Agency for Marine and River Transport and Krasnodar Territory Marine Council was held under the chairmanship of the head of Federal Agency for Marine and River Transport A.A. Davydenko and deputy head of transport and communications department of Krasnodar Territory O.P. Habarov, reported the press-centre of Rosmorport.

Representatives of Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation, Federal Agency for Marine and River Transport, Federal Service for the Oversight of Transport, FSUE “Rosmorport”, Krasnodar Territory and Novorossiysk Administrations, Sea Trading Ports Association, other regional port companies took part in the meeting.

The application practice of General Rules of Navigation and Anchoring in Russian Ports and on Harbor Approaches (hereinafter referred to as “the Rules”), results of internal water ways navigation in 2010, results of marine transport companies activities for the 9 moths of 2010 were discussed at the meeting.

The meeting participants noticed the necessity of bringing the corrections to the Rules. Council of Federal Agency for Marine and River Transport instructed the Russian seaports’ captains to prepare the corrections and send them to the agency, where they will be summarized and provided to Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation.

Concerning the information on internal water ways navigation in 2010 the regional shipping companies were recommended to ensure measures for navigation safety in 2011.

Council of Federal Agency for Marine and River Transport in cooperation with Krasnodar Territory Administration will analyze the reasons of low level of activity in fleet registration in Russian International Shipping Register and develop the suggestions concerning the problem.