Ukraine: joint river charge to be directed for financing of bottom dredging works

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Proceeds from charging of the joint river fee, which the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine plans to impose to simplify the organization of shipping traffic, will be directed to finance the bottom dredging of rivers, declared Andriy Pyvovarsky, Minister of Infrastructure, on September 17.

According to him, the new draft law "On inland waterway transport" will cancel a lot of obligatory payments for users of the rivers. The Ministry will establish a single payment - river charge, which will be used exclusively for the bottom dredging operations. The effect for business will be quite positive.

Also, he said that the reporting draft law is aimed at assistance in the river transport development in the country, and increasing of the freight traffic, since the document proposes to open the river for vessels flying foreign flags.

A.Pyvovarsky added that Ukraine has a problem with hopper barges provision. Therefore, the reporting draft law allows to barges with foreign flags to run for the Ukrainian inland waterways, until Ukraine receives the required number of the domestic barges.

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