OREANDA-NEWS. October 20, 2009. The countries of Visegrade group of Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic supported the Ukraine’s initiative on inclusion of harbour capacities of the Ukrainian Danube into European grain shipment system established within EU. The offer was set forth by the Agrarian Chamber of the Ukraine (APU) the organization that unites grain sector representatives.

The aforementioned system is put forth by EU within a single transportation policy creation that is aimed to reduce grain cargo transportation costs. The problem of Visegrade group is absence of direct sailings to the sea freight. The Ukraine suggested including largest port enterprises of the Ukrainian Danube, Rein and Izmail state seaports into the system of entry of the abovementioned countries into the sea freight market.