the volga-caspian canal is in operation today, continues its work, volumes are increasing transshipment. cargo, we note that cargo transshipment is steadily growing by 50%, this year we expect that 5 million tons will be transshipped through our ports, such a result has never been achieved, all this is the result, including the work that was done on your instructions to achieve the navigable depth of 4 c2 m. today, the fleet is being updated, our shipbuilding enterprise is provided with work for 2 years ahead, with a total loan portfolio of about 50 billion rubles. the ships are being updated, eight dry cargo ships will soon go to the caspian sea, a container, cargo fleet, a bottom-dredging fleet are being built, the work is going at a very good pace, without weakening attention to this direction, you mentioned kaski, you know, i was recently in azerbaijan, our colleague, the president of azerbaijan, drew attention to the fact that the kasper is getting shallow, yes, he spoke very warmly to me. these are the ones we just talked about, of an objective nature, creating difficulties and pr