The work on approval of RF seaports is very slow, PortNews IAA correspondent cites Aleksandr Misharin, deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation, as saying at the enlarged meeting of Russia’s Federal Agency of Marine and River Transport held on February 26, 2009, in Moscow.
The deputy Minister underlined that “despite a year of work on enforcement of the Law on RF Seaports, only seven seaports have approved boundaries: Passenger Port of St. Petersburg Varandei, Vysotsk, Prigorodnoje, Taman, Anapa, Vitino”. Misharin said it was inadmissible to drag out that work. “It is necessary to complete this task in 2009,” Misharin said.