The Administration for the Transport Development of Small Rivers was formed under the Council of Ministers of the Uzbek SSR by the Decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR on August 20, 1949. It was reorganized into the Main Directorate of River Transport and transferred to the Ministry of Road and Transport Economy of the Uzbek SSR by the Decree of the Council of Ministers of the Uzbek SSR on June 25, 1953. On the basis of the Decree of the Council of Ministers of the Uzbek SSR on August 7, 1954, the Main Directorate of River Transport was reorganized into the Directorate of River Transport under the Council of Ministers of the Uzbek SSR (Uzrechtrans). The functions of the Department included the development of local water transportation along rivers and main canals, the construction of the fleet and its logistics, the commissioning of all ferry crossings in the republic and the development of rules for navigation and operation of the fleet on small rivers and canals. It was liquidated on the basis of the decision of the Council of Ministers of the Uzbek SSR and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan on November 12, 1956.
Decrees and orders of the Council of Ministers of the Uzbek SSR; orders of the Ministries of the River Fleet and Finance of the USSR, the Ministry of Finance of the Uzbekistan SSR, orders for the Uzrechtrans Administration and subordinate wharves and operational areas; production meeting protocols, transport and financial plans and reports on the construction, acquisition, repair and technical condition of the fleet, reconstruction and development of new waterways; correspondence with the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan, the Council of Ministers, the State Planning Commission and the Ministry of Finance of the Uzbekistan SSR on bringing rivers and canals to a navigable state, developing shipping and transporting goods, operating a fleet and ferry crossings, on flood control work, accounting for specialists and hiring them, obtaining material funds.
