Azovo-Chernomorsky Basin Branch News

“Port Hydraulic Structures: Legal Regulation of Operation and Development Prospects” Scientific-Practical Conference Held in The Azovo-Chernomorsky Basin Branch

In the period of September 6 to 7, 2016 the II scientific-practical conference “Port hydraulic structure (HS): legal regulation of operation and development prospects” was held in the Azovo-Chernomorsky Basin Branch.

The conference was organized by the “Morportekspertiza” Association of expert organizations on technical control over port hydraulic structures and was supported by the Russian Ministry of Transport, and Rosmorrechflot of Rostransnadzor.

The conference was attended by representatives, researchers and specialists from various Russian design institutes and research and production enterprises, employees of federal supervisory authorities.

Deputy Director for Capital Construction, Repair and Connection of the FSUE “Rosmorport” Azovo-Chernomorsky Basin Branch Evgeny Karpachev made a welcoming speech for the conference participants and noted the importance of such a national conference aimed at safe operation and development of hydraulic structures of national ports.

The conference included three sessions on topical issues related to the state regulation of construction and technical operation of port hydraulic structures, ensuring reliability and security of port infrastructure, and modern technologies of design, construction, operation and maintenance of port infrastructure.

During the session discussions, FSUE “Rosmorport” made reports. In particular, Deputy Chief of the Construction Department of FSUE “Rosmorport” Denis Vitsnarovsky made a presentation on the topic: On the content and application of new FSUE “Rosmorport” standard StO No. 14649425-0001-2016 “Regulation on scheduled preventive maintenance of industrial buildings and constructions of seaports”, and also Deputy Head of the Department of Ports Development and Designing of the Capital Construction Facilities Designing, Planning and Financing Administration of FSUE “Rosmorport” Alexander Ilchenko informed the participants on the topic: “On a set of rules on designing and operation of seaports infrastructure facilities developed under FSUE “Rosmorport” order, and their prospects for entry into force”.