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Yesterday, May 20 the owners of the company «Mortrans» without prior notice municipality stopped ferry service to the islands of Russian, Popov, Reynard and sandy peninsula.
As the agency Primore24 source in the city administration, to date, the company «Mortrans» at any cost tends to block the movement of ferries to the island territory. According to the agreement, in the event of serious violations of cooperation municipality may terminate the contract unilaterally within 20 days of the official letter. After that, the city administration may enter into a contract with a new carrier. All 20 days on the basis of contract of carriage must carry «Mortrans.» However, the captains of companies have received strict orders not to leave leadership in the sea.
According to the official version of «Mortrans» transportation was halted at the request of the captains, who are concerned about the alleged safety of passengers. As reported in the management of transport, voiced the reason is not true — according to the contract carrier is obliged to «ensure the safety and quality service for their passengers boarding /disembarkation and transport of sea-going vessels.» Thus, it is «Mortrans» receiving subsidies from the budget, the planned amount of which this year is 156 million rubles, should solve the problem, because of which he stopped and ferries.
Moreover, the pier on the island of Reineke City Hall was renovated just last year, the pier on Sandy renovated in 2006. In addition, shipping flawlessly implemented by the carrier since the beginning of the year and no letters or other notices on the state of the piers from «Mortrans» to the Department of Transportation has been reported.
However, it soon became clear that the concern for the safety of people niprichem — on the contrary, «Mortrans» decided once again to Vladivostok citizens held hostage in the struggle for increasing subsidies on shipping. May 20th, in the afternoon, immediately after the flights were canceled at the island and the island Popov Russian leadership «Mortrans» contact the Office of Transportation Authority, announced its opposition to the established rates and required to collect meeting to raise donations.
In addition, residents of the island Popov learned that «Mortrans» last week agitated residents to attend a meeting at the train station in the coastal posts Monday, May 20 and guaranteed their return transportation home in the morning when they went on the ferry to Vladivostok. Later, having achieved, the carrier canceled the return flight and actually cut people a way to get home. Including those who took part in the meeting, «Mortrans.»
Administration of Vladivostok, considering this attitude to the people of the city and regularly recurring unacceptable blackmail, sent a «Mortrans» formal letter of termination, as well as extra organized a flight to the island Popov, bringing the island\’s inhabitants Popova home. Russian residents of the island were a few flights of buses VPOPAT-1 during the day delivered to home on the bridges.
As previously announced, today, May 21 7 am from the island of Russian began a regular bus service to the central part of Vladivostok — buses run from Cape Pospelov and bottom. The motion is carried out by three municipal bus Volkswagen, which at peak hours is added a large bus company «VPOPAT number 1».
Vladivostok Administration reports that the carriers, which will replace the «Mortrans» on sandy areas, Reynard and Popov found — are negotiating with them, as soon as a regular service across the board will be restored.