Russian Federal Tariff Service has prepared a draft order approving the dues rates charged for services on inland waterways infrastructure provided by the FSI Azov-Don State Basin Waterways and Navigation Department. The draft order is posted on the agency’s website.
According to the Annex to the document for the service to ensure the safe navigation of vessels on inland waterways in the area of Aksai - Volgodonsk (Don River, 3121th km - the mouth of the Canal 132) dues rate will be at 0.554 rubles / 1,000cbm / 1 km. The dues rate for the service to ensure the passage of foreign vessels via inland waterways in the area of Aksai River (Dong, 3121th km) - lock number 15 will be at 23.82 r/1ths cbm/km.
Pilotage dues on inland waterways in the area of responsibility of the Azov-Don Dept. will be for Russian ships - 353.54 rubles per hour, for foreign ships - 1,314.81 r/h.
The area of responsibility of the Azov-Don State Basin Dept. includes the Don River from Tsimlyansk reservoir to the Azov Sea (except Constantine and Nikolayevsky hydrosystem), and the Azov-Don canal in north-eastern part of Taganrog Bay. In addition, the Azov-Don Dept. is responsible for navigation in the tributaries of the Don River - the rivers Seversky Donets and Manich. The total length of inland waterways controlled by the Dept is 800 km. In 2009 freight traffic volume through the Azov-Don Basin’s ports rose 9% y-o-y, to 20,781 million tons.
According to the Annex to the document for the service to ensure the safe navigation of vessels on inland waterways in the area of Aksai - Volgodonsk (Don River, 3121th km - the mouth of the Canal 132) dues rate will be at 0.554 rubles / 1,000cbm / 1 km. The dues rate for the service to ensure the passage of foreign vessels via inland waterways in the area of Aksai River (Dong, 3121th km) - lock number 15 will be at 23.82 r/1ths cbm/km.
Pilotage dues on inland waterways in the area of responsibility of the Azov-Don Dept. will be for Russian ships - 353.54 rubles per hour, for foreign ships - 1,314.81 r/h.
The area of responsibility of the Azov-Don State Basin Dept. includes the Don River from Tsimlyansk reservoir to the Azov Sea (except Constantine and Nikolayevsky hydrosystem), and the Azov-Don canal in north-eastern part of Taganrog Bay. In addition, the Azov-Don Dept. is responsible for navigation in the tributaries of the Don River - the rivers Seversky Donets and Manich. The total length of inland waterways controlled by the Dept is 800 km. In 2009 freight traffic volume through the Azov-Don Basin’s ports rose 9% y-o-y, to 20,781 million tons.