Infos Transport (Patrice Salini)

Le canal Bystraya (Ukraine) contesté par l'UE et la Roumanie ___________________________________________________ Danube mouth to become great European transport junction, Kuchma sure Vilkovo, August 26 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Ukraine's President Leonid Kuchma is sure that the mouth of the Danube River will turn to a great European transport crossroads. "In the future ... the mouth of the largest river of Europe may turn to a great European transport junction," Kuchma said during the opening of the Danube-Black Sea deep-water navigation canal. The building of the canal, which cuts through a UN-designated environmental reserve, has irked other European countries, particularly Romania. Ukraine has defended the project, saying it has show that the canal will not damage the environment, and that it is vital to Ukraine's economic interests. With the opening of the canal, Ukraine will also challenge Romania's virtual monopoly on the flow of Danube-Black Sea sh