Transit navigation at Volga-Baltic Waterway to close from November 16, 2013
Scheduled navigation at Volga-Baltic Basin of inland water ways will be over from 00:00 Moscow time of November 16, 2013, Head of Volgo-Balt Administration Vladimir Nikolayev told IAA PortNews.
According to him, the Volgo-Balt will still continue working with vessels leaving the Basin for winter anchorage.
“We hope they will leave our Basin within 3-4 days,” Nikolayev said.
According to the schedule, there have been developed plans for repair works.
In this context, the navigation cannot be prolonged after November 15, the statement says.
It is also underlined that navigation of any vessels without ice class is not allowed in ice conditions either during navigation or beyond its limits.
Ship owners are recommended to plan their voyages so that they would be completed by November 15.