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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, June 6 (Xinhua) — A river cargo route linking Tongjiang City in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province with Russia’s Khabarovsk was launched this week, the Zhongxinshe News Agency reported.
On Tuesday, two barges pulled by the tugboat Luntui-610 left the Tongjiang River port and headed to Khabarovsk along the Songhuajiang (Sungari) and Heilongjiang (Amur) rivers, marking the beginning of the navigation period along the specified route.
The barges carried 1,130 tons of cargo worth a total of 20 million yuan. The goods included building stone, elevator accessories, and non-ferrous steel rolls.
It is reported that during the current navigation period along the Songhuajiang and Heilongjiang rivers, cement is mainly supplied from China to Russia, and organic fertilizers and copper are supplied from Russia to China.
Songhuajiang is a large right tributary of the Heilongjiang River. Currently, river traffic connects such Chinese and Russian cities located on the banks of these rivers as Harbin, Jiamusi, Khabarovsk and Nikolaevsk-on-Amur. -0-