Instead of 18 days by boat, containers would move between Odesa and Gdańsk in 18 hours by truck.

Instead of 18 days by boat, containers would move between Odesa and Gdańsk in 18 hours by truck. The highway distance is 1,570 km. By contrast the shipping distance, through the Strait of Gibraltar, is 8,000 km. Ukrainian officials say they already are rebuilding the 60% of the Gdańsk-Odesa ‘GO Highway’ that is in Ukraine. Infrastructure Minister Vladyslav Krikliy says $175 million is being spent this year to rebuild 100 km. Next year, work starts on rebuilding the 300 km of the GO Highway north of Odesa, largely funded by €900 million loaned by the EBRD and the European Investment Bank.