In May, internal turnover remained flat, year-on-year
As of 1 June 2022, cargo turnover in the Azov-Don Basin of Russia’s inland water ways totaled 862,000 tonnes, 54% less versus the result of the same period in 2021, according to Azov-Don Basin Administration.
Turnover of transit cargo dropped 2.5 times, year-on-year, to 610 thousand tonnes, internal turnover – by 21%, to 252 thousand tonnes.
The flow of vessels within the Azov-Don Basin of Russia’s IWW totaled 635 ships and ATB units including 268 vessels and units moving downwards and 367 vessels and units moving upwards. In the same period of the previous year: 1,299 vessels including 713 moving downwards and 568 moving upwards.
In May 2022, cargo turnover in the Azov-Don Basin of Russia’s inland water ways totaled dropped by a half, year-on-year, to 616 thousand tonnes. The cargo mix included crushed stone (17.2%), heavy fuel oil (14.8%) and bunker fuel (12.5%). Transit cargo flow fell by 56%, to 466 thousand tonnes, internal turnover remained flat, year-on-year, at 150 thousand tonnes.
The Federal Azov-Don Basin Administration is responsible for management and control of inland waterways of the Don River from the lower access channel of Lock No 15 (Tsimlyansk Reservoir) to the village of Aksai (the 3121-km stretch of the Don), except for Nikolayevsky and the Konstantinovsky hydroengineering facilities, and the tributaries of the Don River, Seversky Donets (from Krasny farm to the mouth) and the Manych River (from the Novo-Manychskaya Dam to the mouth). The total length of the Azov-Don Basin Administration managed inland waterways reaches 691.3 km.