I. Environmental protection during current economic activities
1. Atmospheric air protection
2. Water resources protection
3. Land plots protection
4. Waste disposition
5. Emergency liquidation
II. Environmental protection during shipboard wastes collection
III. Environmental protection during construction/reconstruction of port infrastructure facilities
IV. Environmental protection during dredging works
V. Environmental protection expenses of the North-Eastern Basin Branch
VI. Prospects of environmental protection activities
Main objectives of the FSUE “Rosmorport” North-Eastern Basin Branch in the field of environmental protection are:
- reducing the negative environmental impact that arises in the process of economic activity of the Branch;
- compliance with environmental legislation and environmental quality standards;
- production control over the implementation of environmental protection measures by the Branch.
Environmental protection activities of the North-Eastern Basin Branch are carried out in accordance with annual environmental protection plans of the Branch, which is developed and approved in accordance with the requirements of the Russian Federation legislation.
In order to ensure environmental protection activities in the staffing table of the North-Eastern Basin Branch there is a structural subdivision, employees of which deal with the organization issues of control of the Branch’s compliance with the norms and requirements of the Russian legislation in the field of environmental protection, implements measures of industrial environmental monitoring during performance of the the Branch's statutory activities in the seaports of Anadyr, Vanino, De-Kastri, Magadan, Nikolaevsk-on-Amur and Sovetskaya Gavan.
Employees of the North-Eastern Basin Branch, engaged in this field of activity, have necessary specialized education in the field of Environmental Protection and Rational Use of Natural Resources and work experience in that field of at least 3 years.
I. Environmental protection during current economic activities
In accordance with the requirements of the environmental legislation of the Russian Federation, objects that have a negative impact on the environment must be put on the government accounting in the federal government register.
As of 01.01.2025, one area facility operated by the North-Eastern Basin Branch, has been put on the government accounting in the federal government register of objects. This facility belongs to the II category of facilities that have a moderate negative impact on the environment.
The FSUE “Rosmorport” North-Eastern Basin Branch takes the following environmental protection measures during current economic activities.
1. Atmospheric air protection
Stationary air pollution sources operated by the North-Eastern Basin Branch in the course of its economic activity are heating systems (boilers) and vessels boilers used for heating the Branch's premises.
In order to observe restrictions on norms of emitting harmful substances into the atmosphere when operating the equipment, the North-Eastern Basin Branch conducts its routine inspections and periodic repairs.
In accordance with the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation in the sphere of air protection, the branch has taken an inventory of all sources of atmospheric emissions and made calculations of maximum permissible emission standards.
Change dynamics of the North-Eastern Basin Branch emissions of pollutants
2. Water resources protection
To carry out its statutory objectives, the North-Eastern Basin Branch uses water bodies located in the Tatar Strait water area of the Japan Sea and water area of the Bering Sea for navigation and dredging.
In accordance with the water legislation of the Russian Federation, the North-Eastern Basin Branch received decisions:
- dated 24.12.2019 No.00-20.04.00.001-M-RBBK-T-2019-02283/00 for the use of a water body with an area of 0.16 km2 located near the sea area No. 154 at the entrance to the Sovetskaya Gavan Bay of Tatar Strait of the Sea of Japan, for the disposal of bottom soil extracted during repair dredging, issued by the Amur Basin Water Administration of Rosvodresursy, valid until October 21, 2029;
- dated 11.11.2023 No. 00-20.04.00.001-М-RPBK-Т-2023-33035/00 on the provision for use of a section of the water area of the Muchke Bay of the Tatar Strait in the water area of the seaport of Vanino, with a total area of 0.251 km2 for dredging works, issued by the Amur Basin Water Administration of Rosvodresursy, valid until December 24, 2026.
Under the terms of water use, the North-Eastern Basin Branch conducts periodic monitoring of the state of the water bodies, which had been assigned to the Branch for use. Monitoring is carried out during dredging operations in accordance with the program approved by the Amur Basin Water Department of Rosvodresyrsy. To carry out the works, the North-Eastern Basin Branch brings in on a competitive basis specialized accredited organizations, which have necessary experience, material and technical basis and a license for this activity. Data of analytic monitoring and reports on the implementation of water conservation measures are quarterly and annually submitted to the Department of Water Resources for the Khabarovsk Territory of Rosvodresyrsy.
According to the results of 2024, no pollution of the water body used by the North-Eastern Basin Branch was detected.
All Branch’s vessels are equipped with reservoirs for collection of solid waste and operational waste, tanks and cisterns for storing oily and household water treatment and devices for its subsequent transmission for treatment and disposal, as well as oil sorbent for the prevention of marine pollution. Periodic checks of knowledge of the MARPOL 73/78 Convention rules are carried out with the crews of vessels. North-Eastern Basin Branch carries out permanent accounting and control of delivery of bilge water and ship waste to receiving port facilities, in order to prevent their discharge into sea.
3. Land plots protection
The North-Eastern Basin Branch maintains production control over the leased land plots to prevent littering or pollution of the territory. Hazardous wastes are put into specially equipped temporary storage sites, before being transported to disposition. The Branch brings in specialized organizations to perform systematic waste disposal and territory cleaning. Every year the North-Eastern Basin Branch employees conduct volunteer clean-ups of the territories occupied by the Branch's facilities.
4. Waste disposition
The North-Eastern Basin Branch keeps permanent record of volume of waste generated in the process of current economic activities, monitoring of places of temporary storage, frequency of their removal.
In accordance with the federal legislation on environmental protection, the North-Eastern Basin Branch developed and approved an environmental impact statement dated October 25, 2021, valid until November 12, 2028, in connection with the Branch’s economic activities at a category II facility.
The majority of production and consumption waste generated in the North-Eastern Basin Branch refer to III-V hazard classes. According to the results of 2024, no waste of I and II classes was generated in the North-Eastern Basin Branch.
For the purposes of export and disposal of waste from its territory, in the established order, the North-Eastern Basin Branch signed contracts with specialized licensed enterprises for collection, transportation and placing of all types of waste of the Branch.
The III hazard classes waste (various oils, bilge and oily waters resulting from the operation of vessels and vessels of the Branch) are transferred to specialized licensed organizations (Transbunker-Vanino, LLC and INA-DV, LLC) for neutralization. Municipal solid waste is transported by the Branch to the municipal urban landfills, and waste and fecal waters in accordance with the provisions of water and nature protection legislation are disposed outside the 12-mile maritime zone.
Change dynamics of the North-Eastern Basin Branch waste production volumes
5. Emergency liquidation
As the North-Eastern Basin Branch possesses harbor vessels and facilities for recycling and disposal of wastes of 1-5 class of hazards , a Plan on Prevention and Liquidation of Emergency Oil and Oil Products Leaks was elaborated and approved, in order to enable readiness, prompt reaction and organization of liquidation works in the coverage zone of the plan (Vanino Bay and its approaches).
Trainings on liquidation of emergency oil and oil products leaks liquidation are occasionally conducted in order to make the branch ready to fight emergency leaks and to rehearse the actions of the employees. If necessary, the North-Eastern Basin Branch vessels could be used for oil and oil products leaks liquidation from the facilities and vessels of other organizations in the water areas of the Vanino Bay and the Sovetskaya Gavan Bay.
II. Environmental protection during collection of shipboard wastes
The North-Eastern Basin Branch renders services on collection, neutralization and transportation of shipboard wastes in accordance with the MARPOL 73/78 requirements. Collection of bilge waters and sewage, and solid domestic wastes generated during the normal operation of the vessel (except for ballast water, waste associated with cargo, waste associated with the cleaning of cargo and fuel tanks) 
for the entire time the vessel was in the seaports of Vanino and Magadan, is carried out by the North-Eastern Basin Branch by itself or with the help of specialised organizations (on a contractual basis):
In the seaport of Magadan
Reception and processing of ship-generated waste in the seaport of Magadan is carried out by the Magadan Department of the North-Eastern Basin Branch with the help (on a contractual basis) of the specialized organization Bioservis, LLC, which have license for carrying out activities on collection, transportation, processing, utilization, neutralization and placing of I-IV hazard class waste dated 29.04.2016 No. 04900043 (valid indefinitely), issued by the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources.
Morskaya Ekologicheskaya Slujba, LLC posess certificated specialists, technical means and transport for reception, temporary placing and utilization of ship-generated waste in accordance with the requirements for environment protection. Oily water is processed in the separatory plant with the subsequent use as secondary raw materials (heating oil). Sludge and oily rags are also used as secondary raw materials (heating oil) and food waste – as a livestock forage. Waste fluorescent lamps are taken to the specialized organization for the demercurization and vessels' solid domestic waste are disposed at the municipal waste disposal polygon.
In the seaport of Vanino
Reception and processing of ship-generated waste in the seaport of Vanino is carried out by the North-Eastern Basin Branch on the basis of the license for carrying out activities on collection, transportation, processing, utilization, neutralization and placing of I-IV hazard class waste issued by the Rosprirodnadzor Department of the Central Federal District No. L020-00113-77/00031378 dated February 20, 2008, valid indefinitely, for carrying out activities on collection, transportation of I-IV hazard class waste and neutralization of III-IV hazard class waste.In the seaport of Vanino, the branch has a bilge water removing ship Koppi and an oil garbage collector “26” and vehicles for transporting garbage from vessels.
Oily waters (sludge, bilge waters, waste oils) received from ships, except for ballast and washing waters, as well as waste waters, are delivered to the treatment facilities of a special licensed organization (Transbunker-Vanino, LLC). Shipboard solid waste is transferred to municipal landfills for disposal.
The staff of the North-Eastern Basin Branch possess specially trained specialists to work with ship-generated waste under the program “Ensuring environmental safety during hazardous waste management”.
Diagram of the sewage collected from vessels by the North-Eastern Basin Branch in the seaports of Vanino and Magadan
Diagram of the bilge waters collected from vessels by the North-Eastern Basin Branch in the seaports of Vanino and Magadan
Diagram of the waste collected from vessels by the North-Eastern Basin Branch in the seaports of Vanino and Magadan
III. Environmental protection during construction/reconstruction of port infrastructure facilities
In this direction, the North-Eastern Basin Branch implemented several investment projects within performance of construction customer functions. The project documentation for all facilities was developed in strict accordance with the standards and requirements of the Russian Federation in the field of environmental protection legislation. Public hearings were held in accordance with established procedure and positive conclusions of the State and State Ecological Expertise Committees were received.
Currently, the North-Eastern Basin Branch, within the framework of the implementation of federal target programs, as well as its own capital investment programs for the development of port infrastructure facilities in the seaports of Anadyr, Vanino and Pevek, is implementing investment projects in the form of capital investments in coastal and port infrastructure facilities:
- project for the reconstruction of coastal structures of the automobile and railway ferry service Vanino – Kholmsk in the seaport of Vanino. In accordance with the requirements of the environmental legislation of the Russian Federation, the design organization and the North-Eastern Basin Branch organized public hearings to discuss the project, including environmental impact assessment materials. Based on the results of the discussion, the presented materials were approved (minutes of public discussions dated 15.03.2016, approved by the Head of the Vanino Municipal District). In accordance with the established procedure, the developed design documentation was submitted for consideration by the state environmental expertise, based on the results of which a positive conclusion was received from the expert commission of the state environmental expertise dated 08.09.2016, approved by the order of the Department of Rosprirodnadzor for the Far Eastern Federal District dated 09.09.2016 No. 531, on its compliance with the requirements of the environmental legislation of the Russian Federation and instructional and methodological documents in the field of environmental protection. The design documentation and engineering survey results submitted for review to the FAI "Glavgosexpertiza of Russia" were returned for revision. After re-examination by the expert commission of the state environmental expertise, the design documentation received a positive conclusion dated 04.06.2020, approved by the order of the Primorsky Interregional Department of Rosprirodnadzor dated 15.06.2020 No. 178. After receiving a positive conclusion from the state environmental expertise, the design documentation and engineering survey results were submitted to the FAI "Glavgosexpertiza of Russia" for state expertise. Having reviewed the received documents, the expert commission formed a negative conclusion of the state review dated 08.10.2021 No. 27-1-2-3-058462-2021, approved by the Federal Autonomous Institution "Glavgosexpertiza of Russia".
Following the revision of the design documentation, it and the results of engineering surveys were re-submitted for consideration by the state examination to the Federal Autonomous Institution "Glavgosexpertiza of Russia". Following the review of the revised design materials, a positive conclusion was received from the repeated state examination, including an audit of the reliability of determining the estimated cost of the capital construction project, dated September 23, 2022 No. 27-1-1-3-068092-2022), approved by the Federal Autonomous Institution "Glavgosexpertiza of Russia", which established the compliance of the results of engineering surveys with the requirements of technical regulations, the compliance of the design documentation with the results of engineering surveys, the design assignment and other established requirements, the reliability of determining the estimated cost of the reconstruction project.
Information on the implementation of the project is available in the section “Port Infrastructure Facilities”.
- a project for construction of the building of safety navigation services of the FSUE “Rosmorport” North-Eastern Basin Branch. Based on the design results, environmental impact assessment materials and design documentation are submitted for public discussion in accordance with the established procedure. According to the results of the discussions (minutes of the Administration of the urban settlement "Vanino worker's settlement" of the Vanino municipal district of the Khabarovsk Territory as of 14.10.2019), environmental impact assessment materials were generally approved. In accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation in the field of environmental expertise (Article 11 of the Federal Law No. 174-FZ as of 23.11.1995 "On Environmental Expertise"), state environmental expertise regarding the project for the construction of a building for navigation security services is not required. The results of engineering surveys and design documentation previously submitted for consideration by the state examination were returned to the Far Eastern Branch of FAI "Glavgosexpertiza of Russia" for revision in terms of the need to adjust the estimated cost of construction. As a result of the revision, the updated design documentation and the results of engineering surveys are submitted to FAI “Glavgosexpertiza of Russia”. The re-submitted materials received a positive conclusion of the state re-examination No. 27-1-1-3-029679-2021 as of 07.06.2021, including verification of the reliability of determining the estimated cost of the capital construction facility, approved by FAI “Glavgosexpertiza of Russia”.
Information on the implementation of the project is available in the section “Port Infrastructure Facilities”.
- project for the construction of Global Marine Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) facilities along the Northern Sea Route. The developed design documentation and the impact assessment of the planned activity on the environment were presented by the design organization at public hearings. Based on the results of their implementation (minutes of the Administration of the urban district "Pevek" of the Chaunsky district of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug dated 16.02.2021) the design documentation materials, including the EIA, were approved. The state environmental assessment of the submitted design documentation is not provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation. The design documentation developed by a specialized organization received a positive conclusion of the State Expertise dated 25.07.2022 No. 87-1-1-3-050095-2022, including an examination of the reliability of determining the estimated cost of construction, approved by the FAI “Glavgosexpertiza of Russia”.
Information on the implementation of the project is available in the section “Port Infrastructure Facilities”.
Activities in the field of environmental protection during construction and installation works related to the construction of port facilities are carried out in the following areas:
a) in the field of the atmospheric air protection:
- control over compliance with emission standards for harmful substances in exhaust gases during the operation of construction equipment and mechanisms powered by internal combustion engines;
- control over compliance with the work schedule when using construction equipment with internal combustion engines;
- use of specialized filling devices for refueling construction equipment in order to eliminate the emission of fuel vapors into the atmosphere;
b) in the field of water objects protection:
- compliance with the technology of construction and installation works, excluding the discharge of pollutants into the waters of the seaport of Vanino;
- providing parking areas for vehicles with a hard surface, and areas for placing power units with sealed trays, eliminating the possibility of fuel and oil product leaks entering water bodies;
c) in the area of protection of territories from pollution:
- control over the serviceability of construction and road equipment in use during construction and installation works;
- preventing cases of faulty and dirty equipment leaving the construction site;
- rational use of material resources used in the reconstruction of facilities, reduction of the volume of construction waste;
- storage of construction waste in strictly designated areas, timely removal of waste for its subsequent disposal;
- strict observance of the boundaries of the land plot allocated for construction and installation works.
In the medium term, the North-Eastern Basin Branch plans to implement the following projects:
Seaport of Anadyr
- project for the reconstruction of passenger berth No. 7 in the seaport of Anadyr. In accordance with the established procedure, the design organization held public hearings to discuss the design documentation, including environmental impact assessment materials. Following the discussion, the presented materials were approved taking into account the comments and suggestions made by district residents (minutes of public hearings dated 04.03.2024, approved by the administration of the urban district of Anadyr). The developed design documentation and the results of engineering surveys were submitted to Rosprirodnadzor for consideration in accordance with the established procedure. Based on the results of their consideration, a positive conclusion was received from the state environmental expertise dated 21.08.2024 No. 87-1-01-1-07-0908-24, approved by Rosprirodnadzor. At present, the design documentation and the results of engineering surveys are planned to be sent for consideration to the Federal Autonomous Institution "Glavgosexpertiza of Russia". Subject to receiving a positive conclusion from the state examination and a construction permit, as well as subject to the allocation of the necessary funding, the start of construction and installation work is planned for 2026.
Seaport of Vanino
- project for the reconstruction of pier No. 18 of the seaport of Vanino. As prescribed, the design organization held public hearings to discuss the design documentation, including environmental impact assessment materials. Following the discussion, the presented papers were approved taking into account the comments and suggestions made by residents of the district (minutes of public hearings dated 17.09.2021, approved by Head of the Vanino Municipal District). The developed design documentation and the results of engineering surveys were submitted as prescribed to the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources (Rosprirodnadzor) for review. Upon consideration, a positive conclusion of the state environmental expertise dated 26.05.2023 No. 27-1-02-1-07-0371-23, approved by the order of Rosprirodnadzor dated 26.05.2023 No. 1345/GEE, was received. Currently, the design documentation and the results of engineering surveys have been prepared for submission to FAI “Glavgosexpertiza of Russia” for consideration. In case a positive conclusion of the state expertise and a construction permit are received and necessary finances are allocated, the construction and installation works are to start in 2026.
IV. Environmental protection during dredging works
In order to ensure the safety of navigation and maintain the declared depths, the North-Eastern Basin Branch is carrying out dredging operations in the seaport of Vanino.
In accordance with the requirements of the environmental legislation, the North-Eastern Basin Branch has developed the project documentation “Performing repair dredging works in the water area of the seaport of Vanino for a period of 10 years”. The project was approved by the state authorities in accordance with the established procedure and received a positive conclusion of the state environmental impact assessment, approved by order of Rosprirodnadzor dated October 21, 2019 No. 505.
In 2024, the branch carried out planned repair dredging works in the water area of the seaport of Vanino in the area of the turning point and the operational water area of the berths of the coal handling complex in the amount of 20 thousand cubic meters of the excavated bottom soil.
Disposal of the soil dredged during repair dredging is planned to carry out in the underwater marine dump located in the north-west direction between Putyatin and Zeleny capes at the entrance to Sovetskaya Gavan Bay (near the existing disposal area No. 154) on the basis of permit No. 197M dated 07.02.2020, issued by Rosprirodnadzor. In accordance with the established procedure, the North-Eastern Basin Branch received a decision dated 24.12.2019 No.00-20.04.00.001-M-RBBK-T-2019-02283/00 for the use of the water body with an area of 0.16 km2 located near the sea area No. 154 at the entrance to the Sovetskaya Gavan of Tatar Strait of the Sea of Japan, for the disposal of bottom soil extracted during repair dredging, issued by the Amur Basin Water Administration of Rosvodresursy, valid until October 21, 2029.
In 2025, the branch doesn't plan to carry out repair dredging in the seaport of Vanino.
While performing the relevant dredging works, the Branch will carry out continuous industrial environmental control and environmental monitoring of water bodies, as well as monitoring of the impact on biological resources with the involvement of specialized professional organizations on a contractual basis. Environmental monitoring results will be submitted quarterly to the Amur Basin Water Authority of Rosvodresursy in accordance with the established procedure.
Upon agreement with the Federal Agency for Fisheries, compensation measures related to repair dredging in 2021 and 2024 will be implemented in the period up to 2029.
While carrying out dredging operations the North-Eastern Basin Branch makes permanent environmental monitoring of a water facility and its impact on bioresources to assess the impact of dredging operations on the water environment.
The monitoring is made under a program approved by the FSUE “Rosmorport” North-Eastern Basin Branch by involving specialized organizations on a contractual basis. The measurements of the marine environment state are made before starting, producing and ending the operations. This will make it possible to control the impact of dredging operations on the environment.
The results of environmental monitoring submitted to the Amur Basin Directorate of the Federal Water Resources Agency every quarter prove that the impact given on the hydrochemical composition of water facilities during dredging operations is admissible and does not exceed the existing background level.
The North-Eastern Basin Branch is planned to implement several investment projects in the near-term outlook and the midterm. The projects are aimed at building underwater hydraulic facilities and carrying out dredging operations. Particularly,
- a project for building an alumina ore transshipping terminal in the seaport of Vanino under a joint investment project with Prichal, LLC. Under the investment project, the enterprise is planning to carry out dredging operations in the operational water area of the seaport of Vanino over an area of 15 ha with bringing the bottom’s marks to -13.6 meters for navigational depths to ensure safe approach and mooring of vessels with the deadweight of 35.000-40.000 tons, i.e. the SN-163, the SN-115, the SN-70 and the SN-40 (up to 292 meters in length, up to 45 meters in breadth and up to 17.1 meters in load draught) and install two marine lights (the Kolonna type) on berth No. 2, replace a marine light on pier No. 3 and assemble a temporary marine light on pier No. 1. The implementation of the project will make it possible to create a modern image of the terminal, which will transship coal in the amount of 1.5 million tons at the first stage. Finally, the terminal will be able to transship coal in the volume of 3 million tons. According to the established procedure, the project organization held several hearings to discuss materials of the project, including materials related to assessing the impact on the environment. Based on the results of the hearing (the protocol of October 17, 2017 endorsed by the head of the administration of the Vanino Municipal District and the protocol of July 3, 2018 endorsed by the acting head of the administration of the Vanino Municipal District) the materials on the assessment of the impact on the environment have been approved. Based on the results of the state environmental examination, the project documentation received a positive conclusion from the state expert commission as of 18.01.2019, approved by order of the Pacific Maritime Administration of Rosprirodnadzor No. 21 as of 18.01.2019. The results of engineering surveys and design documentation are submitted in accordance with the established procedure to FAI "Glavgosexpertiza of Russia". According to the results of their consideration, a positive conclusion of the state examination No. 27-1-1-3-0136-19 as of 17.09.2019 was received. The design documentation and results of engineering surveys of the coastal part of the project presented by “Prichal” LLC in FAI "Glavgosexpertiza of Russia" also received a positive conclusion from the state expertise. Subject to the positive conclusions of state expert reviews and the allocation of the necessary funding the beginning of construction and installation work is scheduled for 2026;
- project for the construction of the 2nd stage of the operating transport and transshipment complex in the seaport of Vanino in Muchke Bay. The project documentation developed by the specialized organization and the assessment of the environmental impact of the planned activities are submitted for public discussions in the prescribed manner. Based on the results of their consideration (minutes of holding public hearings dated August 19, 2021, approved by the Head of the Administration of the Vanino Municipal District of the Khabarovsk Territory), the public hearings were recognized as valid. Taking into account the opinions expressed during the discussion, the design documentation was finalized and submitted for consideration by the state environmental review. Based on the results of consideration of the submitted documents, a positive conclusion was received from the expert commission of the state environmental expertise No. 27-1-01-1-07-0022-22, approved by order of the Chernomoro-Azov Marine Department of Rosprirodnadzor dated March 25, 2022 3 125-O. The results of engineering surveys and design estimates are submitted for consideration to the FAI “Glavgosexpertiza of Russia”. Subject to the positive conclusion of state expert review and the allocation of the necessary funding the beginning of construction and installation work is scheduled for 2026.
V. Environmental protection expenses of the North-Eastern Basin Branch
The total expense of the North-Eastern Basin Branch on implementation of environmental protection measures in 2024 made up 44.8 million rubles, including payments for negative influence on the environment.
Dynamics of the North-Eastern Basin Branch expenses on environmental protection measures
VI. Prospects of environmental protection activities
The main tasks of the branch in the field of environmental protection for the nearest future are:
• decrease of negative influence on the environment due to modernization of equipment used by the branch;
• increasing supervision after all environmental protection activities of the North-Eastern Basin Branch;
• implementation of modern energy and resource saving technologies.
