The Ministry of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure of Ukraine (Ministry of Reconstruction) has agreed on a number of issues to increase Ukraine’s export opportunities during its third meeting in Romania, including an agreement on night navigation on the Sulina Canal, said Oleksandr Kubrakov, Deputy Prime Minister for Reconstruction of Ukraine, Minister of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure.
“We are returning with a decision on night navigation on the Sulina Canal. It has already started working. We are waiting for our Romanian colleagues to provide the necessary number of pilots. In this case, we will reach 4 million tons of export capacity per month,” Kubrakov wrote on Facebook.
According to the deputy prime minister, joint work is also underway to increase the capacity of rail and road checkpoints in a quadripartite format: Romania – the United States – the European Commission – Ukraine with the participation of Moldova. The focus is on two key issues: the approval of a pilot project at the Krasnoilsk-Vicovu de Sus checkpoint for trucks, as well as a “green corridor” between Ukraine, Moldova, and Romania through the Reni Giurgiulesti – Galati checkpoints.
Kubrakov clarified that the repair work at the Reni checkpoint, which began in November to create conditions for joint control with Moldova, will be completed in the first quarter of 2024.
The Ukrainian side called on Romanian colleagues to increase the number of phytosanitary and veterinary control specialists at the border.
The fast and rhythmic operation of export routes remains a strategic direction of work, Kubrakov emphasized.
Over 11 months of operation, the total volume of transshipment through Ukrainian Danube ports amounted to almost 30 million tons.
