Russian Ministry of Transport has published provisional information on the terms of expected opening of shipping on the country’s inland waterways this year.
Merchant ships began sailing on the Krasnodar Reservoir on March 22 (7 days later as compared with last year). The opening of navigation in other parts of the Kuban River and its tributaries is expected to begin on April 15.
In the Azov-Don basin locks and channels are prepared for navigation season as well as in the Volga-Don basin.
In other parts of inland waterways of Russia the merchant shipping will start on April 2 and not earlier than May 20th.