In the navigation of 2013, the volume of cargoes transported by the Volga-Baltic Waterway is expected to be the same as in 2012, IAA PortNews learnt from Vladimir Nikolayev, head of FBI Administration “Volgo-Balt”.
He reminded that last year Volga-Baltic Waterway carried 22.4 mln t of cargo.
From the start of the navigation till September 1, 2013, Volgo-Balt carried 13.8 mln t of different cargoes (against 14.4 mln t of cargo transported over the same period in 2012. Major decline was registered in the sector of construction materials: 6.2 mln t against 6.8 mln t in January-August 2012.
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