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Russia’s Volga-Caspian Canal dredged to 4.5 m depth, but…

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Rostov-on-Don, Russia (Ports Europe) December 8, 2023 – After heavy dredging, involving 17 dredgers and a fleet of 40 support vessels, the draft on the Volga-Caspian Sea Shipping Canal (VCSSC) reached 4.5 m, Russia’s state-owned developer of sea transport infrastructure RosMorPort reported. This achieves the result ordered by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in December 2022….

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