As of 28 November 2016, cargo traffic in Azov-Don Basin of Russia’s inland water ways 10,192,000 t, up 17.5%, year-on-year, IAA PortNews correspondent cites Sergei Gaidayev, head of Azov-Don Basin Administration, as saying at the regional meeting focused on getting ready to the icebreaker assistance season at Russian seaports of the Azov Sea held in Rostov-on-Don.
According to him, the number of calls declined by 11%. “This result suggests that less fleet units carried more cargo”, he explained.
As of 11 November 2016, cargo traffic at Azov-Don Basin totaled 9,736,000 (+16.3% against the result of 2015). Transit cargo transportation amounted to 8.4 mln t (112% against previous year result). 1.47 mln t of cargo was shipped from the Don berths (+33.8%, year-on-year), 228,000 t – from the Severny Donets quarries (+117%, year-on-year).
The navigation at the Azov-Don and Volga-Don Basins of Russia’s inland water ways will be closed on December 1, 2016.