NSR Authority to be created in January 2013 - Rosmorrechflot
The Authority of the Northern Sea Route is expected be created by the end of January 2013, a Rosmorrechflot official said.
Yuri Kostin, Deputy head of Federal Marine and River Transport Agency (Rosmorreflot), who was speaking at the conference "Outlook of seamless logistics of Russian coal exports ", hosted by PortNews, said that the NSR Authority will be established as soon as the law on the Northern Sea Route goes into effect.
The NSR Authority will be established in the form of a federal government institution, subordinated to Rosmorrechflot. The Authority would be responsible for issuing permits for vessels sailing along the Arctic shipping route, for monitoring of traffic, for organizing the radio system, the publication of nautical charts, issue of certificates for pilotage service on the Northern Sea Route, and others.
According to data presented by Yuri Kostin, in 2012 shipping companies transported on the NSR 1.2 million tons of cargoes. Currently, the Russian government is working hard to ensure more intensive shipping on the Arctic routes.