The first reference publication in Russia, where in one book the business community is provided with exclusive information on the basins on the state and prospects for the development of inland waterways, river transport enterprises, indicating the forms of ownership, describing the existing production capacities of ports and the fleet, as well as the structure of goods handled, the internal infrastructure of companies, specialization, maps-charts of berths are presented, contact information, statistics of production activities are given.

The directory can be used to inform the activities of employees of the central office of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation and Rosmorrechflot, FBU and educational processes in universities of the industry, as well as users of services in the field of river freight and passenger transportation.