Container caravans will be formed by Danube shipping
The national carrier “Ukrainian Danube Shipping” is preparing to launch barge container caravans on the Middle and Upper Danube. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Infrastructure.
Paroplavstvo offers delivery of containers to the Danube ports of Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, Germany and to the Romanian port of Constanta.
In addition to transportation, the company provides storage and transshipment in Ukrainian ports, organization of transshipment in unloading ports.
UDP has already started consultations with carriers regarding the attraction of the required number of containers needed to form the first caravans.
– Last year, a large-scale repair program was implemented – 25 units of the self-propelled fleet (20 in reserve) and more than 200 barges are in operation. Therefore, the company has enough resources and opportunities to intercept the flow of containers from motor vehicles, the ministry emphasized.