Of the total length of 2240km of inland waterways in Ukraine, about 42% is accounted for by the river Dnipro, which was developed for hydropower and high-capacity inland shipping after World War II. The six dams on the 954km length between the Dniprovskiy estuary of the Black Sea and the Ukrainian-Belarus border (98km upstream of the capital Kiev) have locks accessible to 3000-tonne vessels (European Class Vb). Plans to continue the development upstream along the Prypyat' river towards the old Prypyat-Bug Canal as part of a Class IV Dnipro-Visla (Vistula) link appear to have been shelved. Ukraine is also a riparian state of the Danube, since the left bank of the Danube for 54 km (Class VII) and the left bank of the Kilia arm for 120 km (of which the greater part is now navigable, Class Vb) form the Ukrainian/Rumanian border…