The Committee on Transport and Communications recommends that the Verkhovna Rada should adopt as a basis and in entirety the draft law on amendments to the Law “On Sea Ports of Ukraine” (re ensuring safety of merchant shipping)

Information Department of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Secretariat
31 March 2014, 12:38

The bill (Reg. No. 4111) suggests determine the notion of “merchant shipping safety” in article 1 of the applicable law. Under the bill, “merchant shipping safety is the condition of merchant shipping, when a proper level of human life and health protection, as well as that of water environment and preservation (protection) of property is established .”

Committee members upheld the bill, adoption of which will promote proper level of merchant shipping safety within the responsibility zone of the state of Ukraine.