Is the E40 river route connecting the Baltic and Black Seas a good idea?
Is the E40 river route connecting the Baltic and Black Seas a good idea?

Author(s): Iryna Kosse
Subject(s): Supranational / Global Economy, Regional Geography, Transport / Logistics
Published by: CEPS Centre for European Policy Studies
Summary/Abstract: The idea to connect the Baltic and Black Seas through waterways reviving the route existing in the Soviet times was first suggested in 1996 and supported by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). In 2009, Ukraine joined the multilateral treaty “European Agreement on Main Inland Waterways of International Importance” (AGN) that again underlined the importance of this route. The E40 river route connects Baltic and Black Seas through Dnipro, Prypiat, West Bug, Bug Canal, and the Vistula rivers bridging the Polish port of Gdańsk and Ukrainian port of Kherson.

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