As of November 1, 2016 , cargo traffic within the Azov-Don Basin of Russia’s inland water ways climbed by 14.4%, year-on-year, to 9.232 mln t, says the Administration of Azov-Don Basin.
In the reporting period, transportation of heavy fuel oil fell by 0.5% to 2.804 mln t; sulphur – up 15.2% to 1.373 mln t; diesel fuel – up 30.2% to 1.193 mln t.
The number of vessel movements declined by 10.8%, year-on-year, to 5,400.
In October, cargo traffic climbed by 29.2% to 1.344 mln t. Transit grew by 14.5% to 1.035 mln t, internal turnover surged 2.3 times to 309,000 t. The increase is attributed to favorable hydrometeorological conditions as compared with October 2015.
In October, Azov-Don Basin Authority registered 735 vessels including 373 sailing downward and 362 – upward (versus 984 in 2015: 502 sailing downward and 482 upward).
In October, the depth in Tsymlyansky water storage basin was 33.23 m (Baltic System) while the normal depth is 36.0 m.At the section from the entrance to the 132-th channel to Kochetovsky waterworks the depth was 395 to 400 cm, from Kochetovsky to the 3121-th km stretch of the Don – 335 to 400 cm.
The total length of the waterways in the area of responsibility the Azov-Don Basin Administration is 691.3 kilometers.