Rosgranitsa proposes new scheme of port checkpoints
The Public Chamber of the Russian Federation jointly with the Public Council of Rosgranitsa (Russian Border Services Agency) on January 27 held a public hearing to discuss the operation of marine border crossing points and measures to improve it, the press office Rosgranitsa said.
The participants of the meeting said imperfection of the legal framework of state control bodies and excessive administrative procedures have become a serious obstacle for development of competitiveness of Russian ports on the market of international shipping.
According to Public Council under Rosgranitsa, and those engaged in foreign trade, Russia joined to the "Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic, 1965” (FAL). The Convention requires state control bodies to simplify control procedures, limiting the number of processing documents, and maximize the use of electronic advance declarations.
Due to excessive and complicated procedure of processing documents and inspection of arriving ships at ports, stopovers in different Russian ports may last from 3-4 hours to 2-3 days. This directly affects the competitiveness of Russian ports and the attractiveness of Russian multimodal transport corridors, versus the ports of EU and the Asia-Pacific region, said a member of the Public Council of Rosgranitsa Vladimir Korostelev.
According to the chairman of the board of the Public Council of Rosgranitsa Nikolai Tityukhin, Russia annually loses up to 60 million tons of cargo due to the fact that shipowners are unwilling to get involved with Russian customs and choose alternative ports.
The participants of hearings pointed out that Russia is a natural "bridge" that provides transits between Asia and Europe. Currently, however, transit cargoes through the territory of Russia make up less than 1% of the existing trade between Europe and Asia.
Dmitry Bezdelov, the head of Rosgranitsa said that regulatory and port authorities should develop under public supervision, an effective scheme of control and customs procedures at Russian ports. This would help Russian port businesses in competition with their foreign rivals.
The participants of the meeting said imperfection of the legal framework of state control bodies and excessive administrative procedures have become a serious obstacle for development of competitiveness of Russian ports on the market of international shipping.
According to Public Council under Rosgranitsa, and those engaged in foreign trade, Russia joined to the "Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic, 1965” (FAL). The Convention requires state control bodies to simplify control procedures, limiting the number of processing documents, and maximize the use of electronic advance declarations.
Due to excessive and complicated procedure of processing documents and inspection of arriving ships at ports, stopovers in different Russian ports may last from 3-4 hours to 2-3 days. This directly affects the competitiveness of Russian ports and the attractiveness of Russian multimodal transport corridors, versus the ports of EU and the Asia-Pacific region, said a member of the Public Council of Rosgranitsa Vladimir Korostelev.
According to the chairman of the board of the Public Council of Rosgranitsa Nikolai Tityukhin, Russia annually loses up to 60 million tons of cargo due to the fact that shipowners are unwilling to get involved with Russian customs and choose alternative ports.
The participants of hearings pointed out that Russia is a natural "bridge" that provides transits between Asia and Europe. Currently, however, transit cargoes through the territory of Russia make up less than 1% of the existing trade between Europe and Asia.
Dmitry Bezdelov, the head of Rosgranitsa said that regulatory and port authorities should develop under public supervision, an effective scheme of control and customs procedures at Russian ports. This would help Russian port businesses in competition with their foreign rivals.