LEGAL SETTLEMENT IN THE INLAND WATER SHIPPING OF UKRAINE

Abstract

The development of Ukraine's inland waterways requires the improvement and advancement of shipping and appropriate infrastructure. The article deals with the legal framework for navigation in inland waterways of Ukraine and it is defined the concept of organization of water transport activities. It is outlined the structured system of water transport management bodies of Ukraine which is oriented towards the goal defined by the public interest, with the help of both legal and material means, as well as it ensures the achievement of the desired result, the final goal regarding the safe and economically efficient functioning of the water transport industry. It is also discussed the legal framework for navigation in inland waterways of Ukraine in detail and defined the concept of water transport activities organization. The author pays considerable attention to the state management and regulation of economic activity in inland waterway transport and responsibility for the rules violation of navigation in inland waterways of Ukraine. It is proposed to introduce new more improved levers and methods of managing the transport services markets and directly the participants of the transport process providing it, that is, shipping companies. Thus, summarizing the regulatory framework for navigation on inland waterways of Ukraine, we can conclude that the organization of water transport is a process of purposeful influence of the subject of management on the object of management through a set of legal and non-legal ways and methods by regulating social relations for the purpose of spatial movement of material objects (cargo), individuals (passengers) by sea and river by means of already existing types of floating means (vessels) and means of coastal infrastructure (ports, port means, port points, piers, specialized enterprises, etc.). If we consider public administration not as the whole range of manifestations of state power (legislative, executive and judicial), but as a manifestation only of its executive component, then in this case the functions of bylaws, control, public services, security, etc. rely on executive authorities, attesting to their leading role in defining, maintaining and protecting the rights, interests and established regimes of coastal waters.