The beginning of design work is preparation of input data (justification of estimated cargo turn-over, choice of cargo fleet, definition of payload delivery rate of this fleet, etc.) where specialists of economic group who execute and complete the stage are involved, determining technical and economic features.

The group of layout plans of the facilities and safety of navigation is engaged in preparing layout plans of territory and water area of seaports, executes a rational configuration of waterside, determines parameters of approach channels, size of inner and outer harbor area, assigns design depths on operational and maneuvering harbor areas, solves problems concerning safety of navigation at the port access and convenient manoeuvring at the approach of vessels to piers.

The group participates in all works of JSC «FEMRI» on projection of offshore terminals and cargo handling complexes.

The specialists of technological group having high qualification, professionalism and experience execute technological sections of the project documentation of cargo handling complexes at the stages of offers, declarations, investment designs, designs and working documentation, develop working technological charts, technical requirements on delivery of equipment and provide consulting of customers regarding interaction with equipment suppliers.

Technologists of the Port Design Department can project cargo handling complexes of any type and develop mechanization and technique schemes of cargo operations using universal and specialized handling equipment, such as:
- universal schemes of crane mechanization;
- mechanization schemes using conveyor equipment;
- mechanization schemes using container equipment;
- mechanization schemes using pneumatic transport.

At the stage of offers and investment designs, handling complexes for alumina, cement, chemical fertilizers, timber and general cargoes, multi-tonnage containers have been developed.

The ground for execution of the Port Design Depart-ment of operations on protection and occupational safety on designed plants by employees are requirements of the Russian Federation Labor Code (section X). The section on labor protection and safety contains support conformity to the state normative requirements on working conditions at the work places, the order of execution rules, procedures and criteria aimed to save life and health of employees during labor. Establishing production and control, security of sanitary-hygienic conditions, arrangement of amenities, definition of privileges and compensations for working people and their estimation of working conditions, development of safety measures for execution of process steps - these are main tasks solved by this section. Undergoing the State examination is the important stage completing development of this section. The section is executed by specialists under the license of JSC «FEMRI» of 2008: «Execution of design works, including: transshipping complexes, labour protection».

The Department executes section on civil defense and emergency response plans being a part of the designs executed by the institute, and also on applications of other project companies (LLP «Rizolit», JSC «Dalvodproject», JSC «Turboblock-Service», JSC «Norfes») for the objects located in the Far-East region.

According to the requirements of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ICPC Code) employees of the Department perform work on estimation of the protection and develop plans of port facility security plan (the Department has been developed more than 100 security plans, that covered more than 60 port facilities of the Far-East region). The Department develops not only security plans, but also carries out consulting services in the field of protection of port facilities and administration of the developed plans.

Within the requirements of the law on industrial safety, the specialists of the Department perform operations on development of emergency localization plans for hazardous industrial facilities on chemical-technology plants such as oil tank farms, petrol stations, fuel-oil stores, plants on reloading dangerous cargoes, etc.

In the field of requirements of the act of the Russian Federation government «About unified state system for the prevention and liquidation of emergency cases» the Department performs operations on developing plans for the prevention and liquidation of oil spills for organizations, having oil stores or involved in oil transshipping, for local level of response.

Specialists of the Environmental Group of the Port Design Department realize development of predesign, including pre-investment, and the design documentation in the field of environmental control both as a part of designs executed by the institute, and for other design companies:
- estimations of the environmental impact by planning business and other activity;
- list of measures on environmental control;
- designs of sanitary protection zones;
- programs of ecological monitoring of the environmental conditions.

For the operating factories the Environmental Group develops designs on specifications of maximum permissible pollutant emissions, designs of standards for maximum allowable discharge of substances and microorganisms into water body, draft production and consumption waste generation standards and their disposal limits; taking inventory on sources of environmental impact; preparation of materials for licensing of the activity on hazardous waste management; development of hazardous waste certificates; registration of the annual statistical reporting on waste generation and waste disposal, on pollutant emissions and discharge, calculation of planned annual and quarterly payments for negative impact on the environment.

Besides, environmental specialists prepare materials for execution of water use agreements and decisions on the granting of water bodies for use, preparation of the materials justifying the transfer of lands from one category to another.

Development of all above-mentioned project documentation is carried out according to the applicable legislation of the Russian Federation in the field of environmental safety.

Employees of the Group realize constant administration of project documentation approval process in supervising and regulatory environmental bodies, carry out documents for the State environmental expertise and the State expert examination of project design documentation on federal and regional levels (Moscow, Khabarovsk).

The Environmental Group works in close cooperation with research institutes of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, different research and manufacturing organizations of the Far East. Employees of the Environmental Group regularly improve qualification at specialized seminars and courses organized by different educational institutions of Russia and the Far East.