The volume of cargo transported on the Dnipro River in January-November 2021 amounted to more than 13.2 million tonnes, which is 31% more than in the same period in 2020.
According to statistics posted on the website of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine, most of all were transported: construction materials – 8.8 million tonnes (an increase of 72%), grain – more than 3.1 million tonnes (at the level of last year) and metal products – more than 1.1 million tonnes (a decrease of 30%).
In addition, for the 11 months of this year, 24,500 tonnes of dangerous goods were transported along the Dnipro.
The number of passages for the specified period was 14,700 (an increase of 40%), of which internal – 12,900, sea – 1,800.
The monitoring of vessels on the Dnipro River was carried out by the river information service of the Delta-Pilot branch of the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority.
