Expected dates for opening of navigation season at Russia’s inland water ways
Federal Marine and River Transport Agency (Rosmorrechflot) has published expected dates when aids to navigation are to be put into operation at each basin of Russia’s inland water ways in the navigation period of 2016-2018.:
1.Azov-Don Basin- April 1 - 25;
2.Volga- Don Basin - April 1 - 15;
3.Volga Basin:
- Lower Volga (Streletskoye – Volgograd) - April 1-4;
- Middle Volga (Volgograd – Samara) - April 1-7;
- Upper Volga (Samara – Khopylevo) - April 18-25;
4. Volga-Baltic - April 30 – May 5;
5. Moscow Basin - April 24 – May 5;
6. Kama Basin- April 25 – May 15;
7. White Sea – Onega Basin - May 15-20;
8. North Dvina Basin - April 20 – May 25;
9. Pechora Basin– May 18 – 29;
10. Ob Basin - May 1-20;
11. Ob-Irtysh Basin – April 28 July 20;
12. Yenisey Basin – May 10 – September 3;
13. Baikal-Angara Basin – May 10 – June 10;
14. Lena Basin – May 11 - August 1;
15. Amur Basin– April 30 June 1.