Li Jingyuan, vice president of the China Railway 14th Bureau Group Co., has signed an agreement with

Li Jingyuan, vice president of the China Railway 14th Bureau Group Co., has signed an agreement with Igor Sheverdin, acting chief of Ukrvodshlyakh, or Ukraine Waterways, to develop Ukraine’s inland waterways to facilitate trade between Ukraine and China, now Ukraine’s largest trading partner. Aimed at the Dnipro, Dnister and Danube, the memorandum of understanding signed July 15 in Kyiv called for “attracting investments, technologies and best practices for the implementation of infrastructure projects on inland waterways in Ukraine.” At the ceremony, Infrastructure Minister Vladyslav Krikliy said Rada adoption this fall of the Inland Waterways bill “will make river logistics efficient and allow transporting large-sized cargoes, saving millions on road repairs.”