Russia cabotage
Merchant Shipping Code of the Russian Federation, Article 4
- Citizenship requirement
- Russian-flag preference; foreign-flag vessels can be chartered by Russian operators for specific voyages
- Vessel flag required
- Russian flag for coastal cabotage + Northern Sea Route
- Officer quota
- 100% Russian-national officers + ratings on domestic-flag
- Wage effect
- Post-2022 sanctions have significantly disrupted the Russian domestic seafarer market
Notes
Northern Sea Route pilotage + icebreaker-escort mandatory; managed by Rosatomflot. Sanctions post-2022 have reshaped market — most Western P&I clubs no longer cover Russian-flag domestic tonnage.