Barge against the tide - Emerging Europe

Barge against the tide - Emerging Europe

It’s time to dust off the Danube‑Black Sea Canal and make it the continent’s greenest freight superhighway. The Danube‑Black Sea Canal is arguably Europe’s best‑kept logistics secret. A 64.4-kilometre shove through the flat plains of Romania, it links Cernavodă on the Danube with Constanţa’s harbour on the Black Sea. Barges draw up to 5.5 metres, slip under 16.5-metre‑high bridges and thread two locks each 310 metres long and 25 metres wide. In …