Rosmorport provided ecological services to 15,000 vessels in 2012
In 2012, FSUE Rosmorport provided ecological services to over 15,000 vessels, PortNews IAA reporter cites Sergei Iljashenko, head of Rosmorport’s navigational authority, as saying at the IV International Forum Ecology (project of the United Russia fraction St. Petersburg – Russia’s Naval Capital).
According to Sergei Iljashenko, in the accounting period the company also collected some 14,000 cubic meters of litter, 52,000 tons of oily water and 12,000 tons of waste water.
The reporter also said that 554 vessels fitted with environmental protection equipment were provided with a 50% discount from the rate of the ecological charge.
We remind that by the order of the RF Transport Ministry No 387 dated 31.10.12 “On the approval of the list of port charges collected in the seaports of the Russian Federation” ecological charges are levied in 20 ports.
According to Iljashenko, Rosmorport provides services on collecting of shipboard waste in 11 ports. For that purpose, Rosmorport branches operate 33 specialized vessels, 4 incineration units and other equipment for environmental protection.
As Iljashenko specified, the services on collecting of shipboard waste in the ports of Taganrog, Vanino and Ust-Luga are provided by Rosmorport without subcontracting, in the ports of Vostochny and Nakhodka – both on its own and with subcontracting. In Big Port St. Petersburg, Rosmorport provides such services exclusively through outsourcing.