The careful attitude toward the environment is one of the priorities of FSUE “Rosmorport”. Its economic activity is carried out in full compliance with international norms and Russian environmental legislation.

In 2018 the enterprise continued the work to keep up to date the records on the facilities, which give a negative impact on the environment. At present, FSUE “Rosmorport” has registered 103 negative environmental impact (NEI) facilities (in 2017 the enterprise registered 94 such facilities). Seventy-six facilities of them are of Category III-IVand 27 facilities are of Category I-II.

FSUE “Rosmorport” is entitled to carry out the activity aimed at treating more than 300 types of wastes that will allow for rendering a full list of qualitative services to vessels. The enterprise has obtained a license to carry out the activities on I-IV hazard class waste collection, transportation, processing, disposal of, neutralization and deployment. Totally in 2018, FSUE “Rosmorport” rendered waste collection services to over 12,000 vessels by collecting over 3,500 cubic meters of garbage, 9,000 tons of petroleum garbage and 5,000 tons of sewage waters.

In course of business processes, FSUE “Rosmorport” strictly complies with the requirements of environmental legislation, including during the construction of the port infrastructure facilities and dredging operations.

The enterprise regularly conducts operations to compensate damage caused to water bioresources that will allow for reducing the negative impact on the environment in Russian seaports.

In 2018 the enterprise spent over 87 million Rubles for artificial production and release of over 2,650 samples of valuable species of young fish to compensate damage caused to water bioresources and their environment.

The compensation events on the release of young fish were taken

- in the area of Ladoga Lake within the implementation of projects for creating water areas of the southern and northern parts of the seaport of Ust-Luga, including the water area of the container terminal in Leningrad Region and the realization of projects for carrying out dredging operations in the seaports of Big Port Saint Petersburg, Passenger Port Saint Petersburg and Ust-Luga;

- in the area of the Couronian lagoon, the Baltic Sea, within the implementation of projects for carrying out dredging operations in the seaport of Kaliningrad;

- in the area of Sulak River (the Republic of Dagestan) within the implementation of projects for carrying out dredging operations in the seaport of Makhachkala;

- in the area of Volga River within the implementation of projects for carrying out dredging operations on the Volga-Caspian Marine Shipping Canal;

- in the area of Keret River (the Arkhangelsk region) within the implementation of projects for carrying out dredging operations in the seaports of Arkhangelsk and Onega.

The significant events on the compensation of damage to water bioresources have been conducted while FSUE “Rosmorport” carries out the functions of a developer under the construction project in the seaport of Sabetta. In July 2018 183.4 million samples of young peled worth over 322 million Rubles were released.

The enterprise also paid much attention to complying with the environmental requirements by tenants of property, especially while transshipping loose goods, including coal.

In fulfilment of the Russian president order Russia’s Transport Ministry, Rosmorrechflot, Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resource Usage, FSUE “Rosmorport”, the administration of the Primorye Territory concluded agreements on cooperation in 2018 within the events aimed at creating favorable environmental conditions for the life and health of the population and minimizing the negative impact on the environment with operators of sea terminals during coal transshipment. The sea terminals operators carry out the activities in the Primorye Territory.

Under the agreements, stevedoring companies make permanent environmental monitoring of the coal dust pollution and inform mass media on these results, stop the activities amid unfavorable weather conditions and equip coal terminals with special dust suppression and dust capture items.

Specialists of the enterprise hold regular events to control of environmental legislation requirements and agreements by stevedoring companies.

FSUE “Rosmorport” maintains cooperation with Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resource Usage, prosecutor’s office structures and the Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing to exchange information on the facts of environmental violations on the territory of seaports and control compliance by stevedoring companies to correct the deficiencies.