This agency oversees commercial navigation in the seaport of St. Petersburg and beyond in the designated areas of responsibility of the Russian Federation.

After Putilov's sudden death, the project was completed by his companions P. A. Boreysha [ru] and S. P. Maksimovich, assisted by the Finland Swedish engineer F. E. Edelheim [sv].

[2] Putilov was buried, at his request, on the bank of the Ekateringofka River on Gladky Island, commanding a view over his factory, his port, and the Morskoy Canal.

His remains were re-buried in the crypt of St. Nicholas Church in 1907, which was built by architect V. A. Kosyakov in 1901–06 on what is today Stachek Avenue.

[3] The central unit of the Great Port of St. Petersburg is located on and around the islands of the Neva River Delta, in the Nevsky Lip of the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea.