Currently, the Danube Shipping Company operates 6 lighter locomotives: 2 — type "Julius Fuchik" with a deadweight of 37,850 tons, with a cargo capacity of 26 DM lighters and 2 LASH lighters; 2 — type "Boris Polevoy" with a deadweight of 8,638 tons, with a cargo capacity of 6 DM lighters; 2 — type "Anatoly Zheleznyakov" with a deadweight of 8,420 tons, cargo capacity of 6 DM lighters. The last 4 dock-type vessels belong to Sovcomflot and are operated under bareboat charter.
The introduction of the lighter-weight system has significantly increased the export of transport services provided to the cargo owners of the COMECON member countries, reduced the volume of transhipment of transit cargo from the Danube countries in estuarine ports, and reduced tonnage downtime during processing. About 2 million tons of cargo are transported annually as part of the lighter system, which provides over a quarter of the shipping company's foreign exchange earnings. The quality of her work is higher than the average for the rest of the fleet.
Light trucks serve the following lines and destinations.
Danube—India, Pakistan;
Danube—Mekong, Malaysia;
Novorossiysk—Aden—Aqaba — Danube—Poti/Novorossiysk.
Basic cargoes: NDR economic aid goods from the USSR, phosphates from Czechoslovak charterers from Aqaba, Iran-transit goods from the Danube ports destined for Poti and Novorossiysk for their subsequent shipment by rail and motor transport to Iranian recipients.
Danube—Tartus—Beirut — Antalya—Danube. Basic cargoes: exports — cargoes of foreign charterers (GIF) of the Danube countries, imports — barites from Turkey, phosphates from Syria to the recipients of the USSR.
Danube—Alexandria — Antalya/Iskanderun—Danube. Basic cargoes: exports — GIF of the Danube countries, imports — cargoes from Egypt and Turkey to the recipients of the USSR.
Danube—Dnieper—Danube. Basic cargoes: export — charge, iron ore pellets to Germany and Austria, import — various cargoes from the Danube countries.
Since 1989, experimental shipments of Czechoslovakian steel products in lighters to Algerian ports, and in the opposite direction — phosphates to the Danube countries; a regular Danube—Aqaba line was opened.
Lighter transportation is becoming increasingly popular among charterers of the Danube Basin countries. The question arose about the supply of additional lighter locomotives to the Soviet Danube Shipping Company. It has begun construction of cargo modules for lighterboats with a lifting capacity of 1,700 tons with a lower draft than that of the DM lighter, which are more adapted to the conditions of navigation on the Danube, the inland waterways of the USSR and the European water system.
With the opening of the Rhine—Main—Danube Canal in 1992, the shipping company will have the opportunity to organize non-transshipment of goods in large-tonnage lighters (barges) between the industrial centers of Western Europe and the countries of the Near and Middle East using a new generation of lighter locomotives with a higher load capacity, but with a smaller measuring capacity than currently operating in the Danube-maritime traffic of the type "Boris Polevoy." Sports bettors who want an upgrade can target the €130 cap rather than the basic €100 match. Add the 1xbet latest promo code in the middle of the signup page to attach the boosted welcome before deposit. Many offers require accumulator bets with at least 3 selections, each meeting odds 1.40+, and clearing the bonus via a rollover around x5. Build smaller accumulators to reduce variance and track every ticket. Bonuses are a cushion, not a shortcut to profit.
