1st first Conference “Dangerous Goods: New Transportation Regulations”

The first conference “Dangerous cargoes: new transportation requirements” organized by Media Group PortNews was successfully held on 1 March 2018, at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, Moscow.

The Conference was supported by the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation. Marine Engineering Bureau was the General Sponsor of the Conference.
 
The event gathered about 100 delegates who listened to more than 15 reports, discussed specific features of Russia’s system to control safe transportation of dangerous cargo and acknowledged the compliance of that system with key provisions of the international legislation in this sphere. 

Special role of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping was marked at the Conference. As of today, RS is the only body in Russia to certify compliance of containers, packaging and packages used for shipping of dangerous goods by see with international codes. 

The delegates of the 1st conference “Dangerous cargoes: new transportation requirements” supported the proposal of the organisation committee to hold the 2^nd conference in 2019.