The Romanian government in cooperation with Moldovan authorities will build a pontoon bridge across the Prut border river to improve the transportation of cargo from Ukraine, mainly grain, according to the website of Polish publication Gospodarka Morska, citing Irinel Scriosteanu, state secretary of the Romanian Transport Ministry.
According to Romanian official, the new pontoon crossing will be built at the place where until 1944 there was a bridge between Bumbata village (Bumbata, Romania) and Leova city (Leova, Moldova), later destroyed by Soviet Red Army troops.
Scriosteanu said the pontoon bridge would be used for both passenger and freight traffic.
“In recent months, the Romanian and Moldovan governments have announced a number of logistics projects to improve the transportation of goods from Ukraine, especially grain. Because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Romanian port of Constanta is important for the shipment of grain from this country through the Black Sea,” the Polish edition concluded.
As reported, Romania became the largest importer of Ukrainian grain crops in 2022 because of the Russian aggression, although in 2021 it was not even in the top 20 importers. Its share was 13.6% of the total value of Ukrainian supplies of this commodity group abroad. During the year, this country increased the volume of imports from Ukriane by 690 times compared to 2021 – up to $1.24 billion from $1.8 million.
