World & BusinessDanube entry changes aim to end two-week Ukrainian shipping queue
Reuters, citing shippers, reports plans to clear vessels bound for Danube ports via the Sulina Canal while they are still in the Black Sea, rather than inside the canal.
TLDR
Reuters reported on September 23, 2026, citing shippers, that authorities would begin clearing vessels bound for Danube ports via the Sulina Canal before they entered it. Moving clearance to the Black Sea was intended to eliminate a two-week Ukrainian shipping queue.
Danube entry changes aim to end two-week Ukrainian shipping queue
Reuters, citing shippers, reports plans to clear vessels bound for Danube ports via the Sulina Canal while they are still in the Black Sea, rather than inside the canal.
TLDR
Reuters reported on September 23, 2026, citing shippers, that authorities would begin clearing vessels bound for Danube ports via the Sulina Canal before they entered it. Moving clearance to the Black Sea was intended to eliminate a two-week Ukrainian shipping queue.