# Danube-Black Sea Canal

**Country:** Romania  
**Water Body:** Black Sea; North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Medium  
**Harbor Type:** Canal or Lake  
**GPS:** 44.2667, 28.1833

More inland waterway than conventional port, the Danube–Black Sea Canal links barge traffic on the Danube to the maritime terminals of Constanța, offering a water route where road and rail would otherwise carry the load. Running about 64 km from Cernavodă to outlets near Constanța and Năvodari, it forms part of the Rhine–Main–Danube corridor connecting the North Sea to the Black Sea. Administered from Agigea and controlled by four locks, it accommodates convoys of up to six 3,000-tonne barges and vessels up to 5,000 tonnes, with roughly 7 m of water depth and a 5.5 m maximum draft. Typical cargoes are grain, fertiliser and dry bulk, though actual volumes run well below the canal's theoretical capacity. Container handling and customs clearance proper take place not on the canal but at the seaport of Constanța. For shippers, the canal is best understood as a feeder link, with Constanța as the deep-sea gateway.

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