This Law regulates relations in the field of transport. Transport activities shall be intended activities related to the implementation of organizational and technological operations for the transportation and servicing of passengers, baggage, cargo luggage, cargo, postal and courier shipments by road, rail, air, water or a combination of these modes of transport and other services performed on a contractual basis or other legal grounds. The main principles of transport activity are: (a) legality; (b) safety; (c) environmental friendliness; (d) availability and accessibility of transport services; (e) openness and transparency. The authorized state body, its territorial subdivisions, subordinate organizations are bodies of state supervision in the field of transport, which exercise state supervision over safety of navigation and operation of ships in accordance with their designation. Licensing and authorization procedures in the field of transport are used to protect the interests of clients of transport services, transport security, compliance with environmental, sanitary-epidemiological and other requirements. Transport organizations and carriers are required to plan, organize and finance environmental activities, conduct departmental and production control in the field of environmental protection and subsoil, ensure compliance with established norms for the protection of the environment and subsoil, rational use of natural resources and other criteria, regulating the maximum permissible loads on the environment and subsoil. For damage caused to the environment and subsoil, transport organizations and carriers are liable in the manner established by law.