On July 8, 2021, a working meeting was held to discuss the organization of state regulation of the activities of ports with the participation of representatives of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Belarus, the State Administration of Water Transport and the Belarusian River Shipping Company.
Within the framework of the meeting, issues of establishing a list of public ports, approaches to organizing state regulation of ports’ activities, including organizing passenger services, performing loading and unloading operations, ensuring the safety of navigation in the port water area, organizing and performing work in case of pollution of the port water area, were discussed. , levying port fees.
Due to the participation of representatives of all interested organizations, the procedure and conditions for interaction with entities operating in the port were also discussed.
Representatives of the Republican Unitary Enterprise “Belarusian River Shipping Company” presented information on the readiness to transfer the berths (berths) to the state institution “State Administration of Water Transport”, including their list, characteristics and readiness of documents. The participants of the meeting noted the importance and interest of organizations in such meetings for the purpose of effective interaction and outlined further areas of work on state regulation of the activities of ports.