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Exploration and maintenance of River Danube in Bulgarian-Romanian section to be modernized

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A new specialized craft built for the Executive Agency for Exploration and Maintenance of the Danube River is to dredge the River Danube in the Bulgarian-Romanian section, BTA reports.

The new dredge, built by a company from the Netherlands, which costs 3 million euro, is to arrive in Ruse at the end of the month along the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal. The delivery is part of a project for the modernization and optimization of the activities connected with the rehabilitation of the shipping route in the Bulgarian-Romanian section of the Danube under the operational programme Transport and Transport Infrastructure. 



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