BASHKIR RIVER SHIPPING COMPANY

BASHKIR RIVER SHIPPING COMPANY, OAO (Ufa). It organizes passenger and tourist transportation, performs the carriage of dry cargo, extraction and trans­ portation of non­metallic construction ma­ terials on the rivers of the Volga­Kama basin and other water basins of the European part of Russia. Established in 1918 as Ufa District Administration of Water Transport, since 1923 the Administration of the Belsk Local Fleet of Volga State River Shipping Company, since 1932 Ufa District Admi­ nistration of River Transport, since 1936 Belsk River Shipping Company, since 2005 has its current name. The towing of non­ self­propelled vessels using a pushing method was applied in the company for the first time in Russia (1952).