Editing Transport in Romania (section)

==Water transport ==

Romanian companies operate over 700 ships of which 400 are registered in Romania. Romania's 110 shipping firms employ 12,500 personnel at sea and 15,500 on shore. Each year, 105 million tonnes of goods and 1 million passengers are transported by sea. Marine transport is responsible for 52% of Romania's imports and exports.

===Ports===
{{Main|List of ports in Romania}}
{{See also|Romanian river ports}}

* With terminals:
**[[Port of Constanța]] (the largest port and shipyard in the [[Black Sea]] and one of the busiest ports in Europe)
**[[Port of Galați]] (on the [[Danube]])
**[[Brăila]] (on the Danube)
**[[Tulcea]] (on the Danube)
* Other Black Sea ports:
**[[Mangalia]]
**[[Sulina]]
**[[Năvodari]]
* Other ports on the Danube:
**[[Giurgiu]]
**[[Drobeta-Turnu Severin]]
**[[Oltenița]]
* Ports on the [[Danube-Black Sea Canal]]:
**[[Cernavodă]]
**[[Poarta Albă]]
**[[Constanța Sud]]
**[[Agigea]]

===Waterways===
As of 2006, there are 1,731&nbsp;km of navigable waterways of which:
* 1,075&nbsp;km on Danube River
* 524&nbsp;km on secondary branches
* 132&nbsp;km on canals

In 2004, according to europaworld.com, 19 million passenger-km and 4 billion ton-km were carried through these waterways.

===Merchant fleet===
The [[merchant marine]] has seen a dramatic drop in capacity during the first decade of the 21st century:
* from 142 ships ({{GT|1,000|metric|disp=long}} or over) totaling {{GT|1,154,127|metric}}/{{DWT|1,612,314|metric|disp=long}} 1999
* to 19 ships ({{GT|1000|metric}} or over) {{GT|146,307|metric}}/{{DWT|165,548}} in 2007.

These include: 13 [[cargo ship]]s, 1 [[passenger ship]], 2 passenger/cargo ships, 2 [[oil tanker|petroleum tankers]], 1 [[roll-on/roll-off]].

50 other ships are registered in other countries: [[Cambodia]] 1, [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] 15, [[North Korea]] 6, [[Malta]] 10, [[Marshall Islands]] 1, [[Panama]] 8, [[Sierra Leone]] 2, [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]] 1, [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]] 1, [[Syria]] 4, [[Tuvalu]] 1, unknown 4.

===International sea-borne freight traffic===
* Goods loaded: 18.2 million tons
* Goods unloaded: 22.3 million tons (2004)