Following the Russian attacks on Reni and Izmail, the EU Commission will increase the use of all transport modules for transporting Ukrainian grain to foreign markets, including rail, river, and road transport, to fully exploit the potential of the Danube transport hub. European Commissioner for Transport Adina Velyan stated this on September 25 during the press conference following the negotiations with the Deputy Prime Minister for the Reconstruction of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov, Ukrinform reports.
“We discussed these attacks on Reni and Izmail. As we have heard from the minister, and we can confirm this, some facilities are out of order, which has not made our task any easier. On the other hand, there are not only Ukrainian ports on the Danube. We are considering this whole Danube cluster, studying its other capabilities, particularly in Romanian ports, using the Sulina Canal. We see this in conjunction with increasing the port’s capacity in Constanța and discussed the measures necessary for this,” the European Commissioner noted.
According to her, the creation of conditions for simplifying control and other procedures at border crossing points is among such measures implemented in cooperation with Ukraine. In this connection, Velyan noted the strategy of development of such checkpoints on the border as a positive achievement, which was jointly developed by Ukraine and Romania. Such a strategy provides a clear understanding of what is needed to improve operations across all transport ‘modules’, including rail, barge, or road transport.
In turn, Oleksandr Kubrakov noted that Ukraine is grateful to the EU Commission and the Romanian government for such efforts because Ukraine relies heavily on the Danube export route. According to the Ukrainian government official, grain traders also take into account this “front-line” situation and try to deliver directly by ship, without storing grain in the port infrastructure, in order to eliminate the potential risks of destruction of this food right in the port.
Source: Apkinform
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