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  • 2008 April 15 09:28

    Varandei port opens for foreign ships

    Russian Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov has signed  a  government ordinance regarding the Varandei sea port, the government said according to Interfax.

    The  document  states  that the name "Varandei" is being given to a sea port  located  in  the Nenets Autonomous District on the Barents sea coast near the Varandei area by request of Nenets local legislators. The boundaries of the Varandei port are being drawn.

    A proposal  by  the Russian Transport Ministry to open the Varandei sea port  to  foreign  vessels  and  turn  it into a permanent sea cargo terminal  at the Russian national border has been approved. The proposal was coordinated   with   the  Federal  Security  Service,  the  Interior

    Ministry,  the  Defense  Ministry,  the  Health  and  Social Development Ministry,  the  gricultural Ministry, the Foreign Ministry, the Economic Development  Ministry,  the  Finance  Ministry,  the  Federal  Transport Network,   the  Russian  Border  Authority  and  the  Nenets  Autonomous District's administration.
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