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New ferry line to link Bulgaria and Romania

Romanian Times

A new ferry line will link Romania’s Turnu Magurele and Bulgaria’s Nikopol starting in October, it was revealed today (Mon).

The ferry line will begin to operate after completion of a ten-kilometre road, Nikopol Mayor Valerii Zhelazkov was quoted as saying by Bulgaria’s BTA news agency, according to Sofia Echo’s website.

"We are ready to launch the ferry once the Nikopol-Pleven road has been completed," he said, adding that there were ten kilometre remaining under construction.

Two ferryboats will make 12 round-trips daily, carrying up to six heavy and 30 light vehicles, with each crossing lasting up to ten minutes.

The project will have cost five million Euros upon its completion.

Contracts for construction of the new ferry complex were signed by Bulgaria and Romania in 2004, and work began a year later but encountered several delays.

There are three ferry lines between the two countries: Vidin-Calafat, Silistra-Calarasi and Oriahovo-Bechet. Another line may eventually provide service between Lom and Rastu.

The two countries are connected by the Ruse-Giurgiu bridge, and a second bridge, Vidin-Calafat, should be completed in 2010.

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