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Amur navigation expansion program to receive federal status
Amur navigation expansion program to receive federal status
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Expanded river traffic aims to reduce the burden on the currently overloaded railway infrastructure which does not handle all export flows, Deputy Governor of the Khabarovsk Territory Oleg Ignatov said at a plenary session of the 11th international science and practical conference titled The Far East and the Arctic: Sustainable Development.He recalled that, acting on direct instructions from President Vladimir Putin and the Governor of the Khabarovsk Territory, the concerned officials drafted a regional program for expanding navigation on the Amur River until 2030.Regional authorities hope that the program will receive federal status; the document is currently being coordinated with neighboring constituent members of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Transport.“The program includes 22 measures aiming to modernize ports, piers and the infrastructure, as well as the river fleet,” the Deputy Governor noted.According to Ignatov, the document also stipulates the expansion of international passenger traffic together with
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Amur navigation expansion program to receive federal status
Expanded river traffic aims to reduce the burden on the currently overloaded railway infrastructure which does not handle all export flows, Deputy Governor of the Khabarovsk Territory Oleg Ignatov said at a plenary session of the 11th international science and practical conference titled The Far East and the Arctic: Sustainable Development.
“The Amur River is a key Far Eastern transport artery and an international transport corridor which has to be developed. The river’s total length is almost 7,000 kilometers, including 4,900 km of guaranteed official waterways,” Oleg Ignatov noted.
He recalled that, acting on direct instructions from President Vladimir Putin and the Governor of the Khabarovsk Territory, the concerned officials drafted a regional program for expanding navigation on the Amur River until 2030.
Regional authorities hope that the program will receive federal status; the document is currently being coordinated with neighboring constituent members of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Transport.
“The program includes 22 measures aiming to modernize ports, piers and the infrastructure, as well as the river fleet,” the Deputy Governor noted.
According to Ignatov, the document also stipulates the expansion of international passenger traffic together with
