St. Petersburg Nature Management Committee to open OSR point at the upper reaches of the Neva
St. Petersburg Committee on Nature Management, Environment Protection and Ecological Safety will open an Oil Spill Response control point at the upper reaches of the Neva-river at soon as the cargo transit navigation starts at Volga-Baltic waterway, PortNews IAA learnt from Igor Berezin, head of the department in charge of nature management activities. Round-the-clock observation of the vessels will be carried out from the on-shore premises. Besides, the Redut rescue vessel will be on permanent alert. According to Berezin, it will be the first OSR control point to be located before the draw-bridges. Earlier, all the points were placed downstream the Neva at the approaches to St. Petersburg. Berezin also told that Redut is a new modern vessel of OPR class able to leave the Neva if rescue activities are to be carried out in the sea or in the Ladoga lake.
