Water woes: how European river transport projects have ground to a halt
By Vladislav Vorotnikov2020-02-10T16:48:00
In Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Poland the authorities are embarking on big projects aimed at boosting cargo flows along key rivers. Potentially, this could provide more opportunities for the European finished vehicle logistics industry, but for a number of reasons it is not clear that river transport in the region will become more popular.
Ukraine, Poland and Belarus have recently launched an important project called the E-40 waterway, which is designed to connect the Black Sea with the Baltic Sea. With an investment estimated at €13.5 billion ($14.8 billion), the new link between the port of Gdansk in Poland and the port of Kherson in Ukraine is billed as an alternative to the Rhine-Main-Danube channel for all kinds of cargoes, including finished vehicles.