Astrakhan Branch News

Council for Maritime Activities Gathers for Session

The Council for Maritime Activities at the Governor of the Astrakhan Region gathered for a session in the conference hall of the FSUE “Rosmorport” Astrakhan Branch on June 10, 2019.

The session was headed by acting Governor of the Astrakhan Region Igor Babushkin. The session also involved acting Minister of Industry, Transport and Natural Resources of the Astrakhan Region Denis Afanasyev, acting Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries of the Astrakhan Region Aleksei Galkin, acting Minister of Healthcare of the Astrakhan Region Olga Grebneva, acting Director of the FSUE “Rosmorport” Astrakhan Branch Aleksei Svyatsky, as well as representatives of public control agencies and other structures – members of the Council.

Ahead of the event Igor Babushkin visited the Captain Chechkin icebreaker and the Yevgeny Vasilyev pilot boat of the Astrakhan Branch and familiarized himself with the work of the crew.

The participants in the session focused on the state of and prospects for developing the port complex of the Astrakhan region, carrying out dredging operations in the water area of the Volga-Caspian Marine Shipping Canal, building fishing vessels and developing the personnel potential for running maritime business in the region. Moreover, they discussed navigation in the water area of the seaport of Astrakhan for specific categories of vessels.

Speaking at the session, chief engineer of the FSUE “Rosmorport” Astrakhan Branch Yuri Michurov told the audience about the actions taken to carry out dredging operations in the water area of the Volga-Caspian Marine Shipping Canal in 2019. Within this time the Astrakhan Branch is planning to carry out repair dredging operations in the amount of more than 4.5 million cubic meters. By the moment the branch has carried out the operations in the amount of 0.3 million cubic meters.