Kara Aylward, the Deputy Economic Counselor of the United States Embassy in Bucharest, met on Wednesday, July 22, with the management of Constanta’s port, expressing interest in the harbor’s economic potential.

The US official, who is in charge with transports, wanted to know the activity in the Romanian sea ports, the main infrastructure projects and their implementation phase, reports local Economica.net.

Some 12.1 million tons of goods passed through the port of Constanta in the first quarter of 2015, up by 20.4% over the same period last year. The total traffic recorded in the Romanian sea ports amounted to 27.8 million tons in the first six months of the year, up 22.6% compared to the same period in 2014.

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