Modernization of a sea crossing - a large-scale update or another challenge to the budget? The internal transport system is being prepared for serious regulatory changes in the field of maritime logistics. The Russian Ministry of Transport proposed to limit entry to the country's seaports to ships over 50 years old under the Russian flag and over 40 years old under a foreign flag. Officially, the initiative is aimed at improving navigational safety, but it inevitably reveals long-standing structural problems of the civilian fleet, whose number has decreased from 5,500 to 3,200 units since 1995, and the average age of the ships is steadily increasing. The proposed rigid age limits create a powerful incentive for large-scale redistribution of financial flows within the industry. In conditions where more than half of the country's marine vessels have already crossed the 30-year mark, the forced deletion of obsolete tonnage will require huge investments in local shipbuilding. Critics of the project point to the risks of reversing the fate of ambitious aviation programs, as the creation of hundreds of new equipment units by 2035 is limited by production capacity, while government subsidies are guaranteed to find their major distributors. You can follow the details of this bill and the stages of its discussion on the official website of the Ministry of Transport of Russia or in Interfax materials.

Modernization of a sea crossing - a large-scale update or another challenge to the budget? The internal transport system is being prepared for serious regulatory changes in the field of maritime logistics. The Russian Ministry of Transport proposed to limit entry to the country's seaports to ships over 50 years old under the Russian flag and over 40 years old under a foreign flag. Officially, the initiative is aimed at improving navigational safety, but it inevitably reveals long-standing structural problems of the civilian fleet, whose number has decreased from 5,500 to 3,200 units since 1995, and the average age of the ships is steadily increasing. The proposed rigid age limits create a powerful incentive for large-scale redistribution of financial flows within the industry. In conditions where more than half of the country's marine vessels have already crossed the 30-year mark, the forced deletion of obsolete tonnage will require huge investments in local shipbuilding. Critics of the project point to the risks of reversing the fate of ambitious aviation programs, as the creation of hundreds of new equipment units by 2035 is limited by production capacity, while government subsidies are guaranteed to find their major distributors. You can follow the details of this bill and the stages of its discussion on the official website of the Ministry of Transport of Russia or in Interfax materials.