Emboldened by the warmest October on record, Infrastructure Minister Vladyslav Krikliy proposes investing in improved river locks to allow year round shipping on the Dnipro.

Emboldened by the warmest October on record, Infrastructure Minister Vladyslav Krikliy proposes investing in improved river locks to allow year round shipping on the Dnipro. “Our plans are to carry out navigation on the Dnieper throughout the year, if the weather conditions are favorable for this,” he said. Last year, the Kyiv locks closed on Nov. 15 and reopened on March 30. Nibulon and other shipping companies complained that the Dnipro was largely ice-free through early January. Today, repair work is being done on four of the six locks on the Dnipro: at the Kyiv, Kaniv, Kamianske and Kakhovka hydroelectric dams.