Current charges rates from ships for the use of inland waterways infrastructure and services provided by the White Sea Canal, were approved by the FTS order (N49-t / 4) dated 25 March 2008 (Annex 2 to the Order).
Russian FTS approved charges rates for services provided by White Sea Canal: navigation charges in the area of the White Sea-Nadvoitsy - at 6.223 ruble/1000cbm/km, Nadvoitsy - Povenets - at 3.149 ruble/1000cbm/km, Petrozavodsk-Povenets-Vozneseniye, Vytegra - 0.689 ruble/1000cbm/km (up14% to the current rate); rate of pilotage dues in the amount of 491.31 ruble/hour (up 14% to the current level); canal dues in the area of the approach canal to the port of Belomorsk – at 439.67 ruble/1000cbm/km per passage (up by 14% to the current level); tonnage dues at the port Belomorsk - at 398.82 ruble/1000cbm/km (by 5% from current rate); light dues at the site of the approach canal to the port Belomorsk - at 233.75 ruble/1000cbm/km per passage (up by 3.9%).
White Sea-Onega State Basin Department of Waterways and Navigation serves the White Sea-Baltic Canal route. White Sea Canal connects the White Sea with Lake Onega and has access to the Baltic Sea and the Volga-Baltic Waterway. The total length of the canal with 19 locks is 227 km.