Romania aims to double the export of Ukrainian grain via alternative routes.

Romania will double the capacity of its main Black Sea port of Constanţa and the shipping lanes on the Danube for two months to help Ukraine transport its grain, Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said.

“In 2023, Ukraine will have about 40 million tons of grain for export. To facilitate this, we have increased the throughput both in the port of Constanța and on the roads leading to it.”

According to Ciolacu, increasing the throughput capacity of Constanta and other routes will allow the export of Ukrainian grain to double to four million tons per month. Despite repeated attacks by Russia on Ukrainian grain terminals in the ports of Izmail and Reni, the prime minister believes there is a solution – for example, allowing ships to make night transit from October and increasing cargo traffic to at least 14 ships per day.

“Romania will also open more road crossing points and improve its railway infrastructure to speed up the transportation of goods,” Ciolacu added.