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FSUE “Rosmorport” General Director takes part in final expanded session of Rosmorrechflot Collegium

The Collegium of Rosmorrechflot and the Public Council at Rosmorrechflot gathered for a final expanded session in Moscow on March 27, 2018. The session was chaired by Russian Deputy Transport Minister, Rosmorrechflot Head Viktor Olersky.

The session involved Russian Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov, FSUE “Rosmorport” General Director Andrei Lavrishchev and his deputies, Chairman of the All Russian Movement for the Fleet Support Mikhail Nenashev, as well as representatives of the Russian Transport Ministry, Rosmorrechflot, public organizations of maritime and river transport, the industry’s companies.

The participants in the session discussed the results of the work of maritime and inland shipping transport in 2017, the tasks for 2018 and the midterm till the year 2020.

Viktor Olersky said, in 2018 it was planned to increase the capacity of Russian seaports by 28 million tons per year. The capacities will increase by putting into operation the second stage of the seaport of Sabetta, developing the seaport of Murmansk and the capacities of the seaports of Novorossiysk, Azov, Taman and the seaports in the Baltic Basin.

During the session, Viktor Olersky presented awards to winners of the contest “The Leader of the Industry”.

FSUE “Rosmorport” has been recognized the winner in the nomination “The Organization Rendering Services for Ensuring Navigation” for high production figures. LLC “Black Sea Cruises” has been given the title of “The Best Sea Line Making Sea Shipping of Passengers”.

The Leader of the Industry contest was founded in 2013 to ensure the effective implementation of social and economic tasks aimed at promoting the achievements and increasing the prestige of maritime and river transport. The contest is held in the beginning of the year following the financial year among enterprises subordinated to Rosmorrechflot and Russian commercial organizations of maritime and river transport.