65th navigation season opened at Volga–Don Shipping Canal on April 1, 2016, says press center of Federal Marine and River Transport Agency (Rosmorrechflot). Tanker Climena sailing from port Kavkaz to port Saratov passed the lock No 1.
Volga–Don Shipping Canal has seen large scale reconstruction works at its hydraulic engineering facilties, pump stations and pipelines.
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