The volume of freight carried on the Volga-Baltic Waterway during this year navigation rose 10% to 18,4 million versus 16,7 million a year earlier, said SBD Volga-Balt Vladimir Nikolayev at a press conference in St. Petersburg, PortNews correspondent reported.
According to Vladimir Nikolayev, the freight volume includes fuel oil, wood, metal, construction materials and other goods. The VBW made 44,500 locking, about 65,000 lockage. The VBW chief said that next year almost all the locks are planned to be repaired.
Transit navigation on the Volga-Baltic Waterway was closed on Nov. 19, 2010.
Volga-Balt, Volga-Baltic Waterway is one of the major lanes of the deepwater network of inland waterways of the European part of Russia. This is a complex of engineering facilities, which includes 4,900 km of navigable waterways, including 3,270 km with guaranteed dimensions, 11 locks with water lift of 11 to 18 meters, three hydroelectric plants, 25 earth dams and levees, 12 ferries, 9 bridges, 8 lighthouses in the Lake of Ladoga, more than 5,000 signs of navigation situation, 273 vessels of service fleet. In 2009, traffic volume on the Volga-Baltic Waterway fell 8% year-on-year to 16.7 million tons of cargo (timber, construction, chemical goods, metals, oil, flux, etc.).
Transit navigation on the Volga-Baltic Waterway was closed on Nov. 19, 2010.
Volga-Balt, Volga-Baltic Waterway is one of the major lanes of the deepwater network of inland waterways of the European part of Russia. This is a complex of engineering facilities, which includes 4,900 km of navigable waterways, including 3,270 km with guaranteed dimensions, 11 locks with water lift of 11 to 18 meters, three hydroelectric plants, 25 earth dams and levees, 12 ferries, 9 bridges, 8 lighthouses in the Lake of Ladoga, more than 5,000 signs of navigation situation, 273 vessels of service fleet. In 2009, traffic volume on the Volga-Baltic Waterway fell 8% year-on-year to 16.7 million tons of cargo (timber, construction, chemical goods, metals, oil, flux, etc.).
