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Astrakhan Branch Director Chairs Working Meeting of Maritime Business Representatives of Astrakhan Water Transport Hub

The Astrakhan Branch organized and held a working meeting with representatives of the Astrakhan Region Ministry of Industry, Transport and Natural Resources and employees of maritime business companies of the Astrakhan water transport hub under chairmanship of the Branch's Director, Vladimir Gudkov on June 7, 2017.

During the meeting, its participants discussed a wide range of issues related to navigation in the Astrakhan water and transport hub in 2017. In particular, the participants in the meeting considered the following issues:
- organization of vessel traffic on the Volga-Caspian Marine Shipping Canal;
- ensuring pilotage of vessels;
- increasing effectiveness of interaction between VTMS of the ports of Astrakhan and Olya and ship owners;
- ensuring transportation security in the seaports of Astrakhan and Olya;
- prospects for increasing rates of cargo handling in the region's seaports and growth dynamics of transit traffic at the Volga-Caspian Maritime Shipping Canal;
- implementation of tariff policy.

The meeting resulted in reaching agreement on developing closer interaction on the most important issues to increase the effectiveness of cooperation for ensuring uninterrupted and safe operation of the water transport and harbor hubs.

The participants in the meeting confirmed the need to hold the next meeting in August 2017 involving representatives of state supervisory agencies carrying out their functions in the seaports of Astrakhan and Olya.