Russia with 1 January 2019 years will restrict the passage of foreign-built vessels on the Northern Sea Route (AMS), Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov in an interview “Vesti on Saturday with Sergei Brilev” on TV “Russia 1”, while adding, it is the natural measure of protection will encourage shipbuilding and loading Russian shipyards.
Borisov said, that the Northern Sea Route – This Russian coastal waters, and there have to walk or Russian-built ships under the Russian flag, and, impose restrictions on the passage of foreign-built ships, Russia primarily protects its shipbuilders. He added, that the idea to give priority to the use of national courts of construction is not new, at 1920 the US has already introduced such a measure in respect of vessels, plying the coastal waters to protect US shipbuilders.
In this case, Borisov stressed, Russia does not impose severe restrictions on foreign-made ships, SMEs will not be completely closed to such ships. According to the government's decision will be given permission to pass another ship construction, other countries, so as not to deter business processes. Especially, that not all type of ships Russia will be able to block the first time.
The Northern Sea Route is open to international shipping from 1991 of the year. However, the official Russian documents it is defined as “historically established national transport communication”. This is the shortest way from Europe to the Far East.
