The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has launched an international tender to identify potential strategic and financial investors to support the development of the Moldovan river port of Giurgiulesti, which the EBRD has acquired in 2021 by buying 100% of the capital of the Danube Logistics group ( of 20 May 2021). The port of call is located on the short stretch of the Danube that touches Moldova and borders both Romania and Ukraine. More than 70% of trade passes through the port commercial by sea and river in Moldova.