OREANDA-NEWS. January 04, 2012. Ensuring proper level of safety of shipping on the inland waterways of Ukraine, the creation all the conditions for future development of river transport, proper preparations to navigation and continue implementation of infrastructure projects - an incomplete list of challenges facing the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine in sphere of marine and river transport in 2012. This was announced by the Director of the Department of state policy in the field of marine and river transport of the Ministry of Infrastructure Volodymyr Sevryukov at the meeting on the development of river transport of Ukraine.

Development of inland water transport of Ukraine - is, in particular, implementation of infrastructure projects in the field of river transport, primarily the creation of a modern information system in the river basin of the Dnieper. This year in Ukraine it is expected growth in of volumes freight and passenger transportation by inland waterways, especially on the eve of European Football Championship 2012.

Thus, one of the main tasks of our state – is creating appropriate conditions for the safe movement of vessels along the Dnieper.