By 2015, the state is to invest RUR 27.6 bln into the development of inland water transport, press center the Ministry of Transport quotes A. Nedosekov, deputy Transportation Minister of the Russian Federation as saying at III Far East International Economic Forum held in Khabarovsk.
The above resources are to be spent for comprehensive reconstruction hydraulic engineering facilities and inland waterways of Siberia and Far East, upgrading of 8 coastal facilities, construction of 179 industrial ships; reconstruction and development of technological networks, creation of electronic navigation charts.