network length is km of this km consists of the danube international waterway km navigable branches of the danube river and km channels of the danube black sea and poarta alba white gate midia navodari romanian ports have some km for berthing facilities and hydrotechnical constructions of which per cent are more than years old and require urgent reconstruction work trends for the transport of goods by inland waterways in romania show a sharp decline after from million tons in to million tons in and some recovery after with an average of approximately million tonsyear in on the romanian stretch of the danube river there were six events involving accidental pollution from ships