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Moldova is a small south-eastern European country without any maritime borders. It borders Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. The Country has an area of about 33,800 km2. It is largely dependent on its agricultural sector, particularly on its wine exports. There are no major mineral deposits.
Almost 95% of Moldova's 9.344 km of public roads are paved, though still not in good condition compared to EU road standards. The currently operating length of railway lines of the State enterprise "Moldova Railways" is 1,157 km. Railway infrastructure is well developed and enables transit along the TRACECA corridor.
There are three TRACECA links important for Moldova: Giurgiulesti – Chisinau; Ilyichevsk – Odessa – Tiraspol (main city of Transdnistria) – Chisinau – Ungeny (across the border from Iasy, Romania); and Klimentovo (Ukraine) – Rybnitsa – Ungeny.
The policy of Moldova in the field of transport is set by the following documents:
- Concept for “The Establishment and Development of National Network of International Transport Corridors” (dated of April 5th 2002);
- Moldova Land Transport Infrastructure Strategy for the period of 2008-2017 (dated of February 1st 2008);
- Water Transport Development Concept (dated of March 24th 2008).
The Concept for National Network of International Transport Corridors provides for the development of transport sector in Moldova till 2015. The Concept does not assign any particular priority to any transport mode, underlining only the importance of:
· water transport in terms of cost and safety of transportation;
· rail transport – long-distance and bulk cargo (oil, fuels, ores, etc.) transportation;
· road transport – small shipments, especially of valuable and perishable goods.
To respond to the existing challenges for MOS and ILC promotion, the LOGMOS team supported a pre-screening for potential pilot projects. The pre-screening was based on the multi criteria analysis of proposed project. Feasibility study was elaborated for the selected pilot project for Moldova.
The LOGMOS team carried out a comprehensive country analysis covering the national transport policy, strategic challenges, legal environment and investments in the transport and logistics sector. Findings of this study were reflected in a Country Profile based on the following structure:
Legal Environment in the field of Transport
National Policy and Legislation in Trade and Transit
Investments in Transport and Logistics Sector
Pilot Projects Selected for MoS I and ILC Projects
The full text of the Country Profile and Project Fact Sheet are available under the above links.
