The People's Commissariat for Water Transport (Russian: Народный комиссариат водного транспорта, romanized: Narodny Komissariat Vodnogo Transporta), usually abbreviated Наркомводтранс (Narkomvodtrans)[1][2] or Наркомвод (Narkomvod)[3] and also sometimes NKVT,[4] was the Soviet People's Commissariat for Water Transportation.

It was responsible, amongst other things, for running the Soviet merchant maritime fleet.

[3] Narkomvod was established on January 30, 1931,[1][2] in the middle of a re-evaluation of Soviet policy about the railways and the splitting off the People's Commissariat of Transportation and as part of an overall government reorganization.

[2] By April 1931, Narkomvod had five directorates, for operations in the Baltic, Northern, Black, Azov, and Caspian Seas.

The following People's Commissars of Water Transport were appointed: This Soviet Union–related article is a stub.