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News
& press.

Selected press coverage of Trading Line Group, and a curated set of feeds from the institutions whose decisions shape the sector — the Port of Constanța, the European Commission, the Romanian Ministry of Transport, the Danube Commission, and the pan-European Danube stakeholder bodies.

Selected Coverage

Press.

External editorial, live URLs, independently published. These references are also surfaced on the About page alongside the team.

Apr 2026
Report

Executive Summary Ch. 3 — The Middle Corridor: full briefing now available

Trading Line Group  ·  2026 Executive Summary
Trading Line publishes the full geopolitical and operational briefing on the Middle Corridor — the multimodal route from Central Asia to Europe via the Caucasus and Black Sea. Chapter 3 covers the impact of the February 2026 Dorogobuzh strike on the European fertilizer supply, Kazakhstan's emerging position, and Trading Line's active proposal to the Romanian Ministry of Transport for the extension of the Constanța Sud Free Zone. Available in Romanian and English.
Read the briefing →
Mar 2022
Issue 46

Expediters of the Danube

EME Outlook Magazine  ·  Cover story
Seventeen-page cover feature on Trading Line Group and the Remote Piloting Innovation Centrum. Includes interviews with the Mayor of Galați, the Romanian Parliament, NTUA Athens, and Copenhagen Business School.
Read on emeoutlookmag.com
Mar 2022
Part 2

The Innovation Centre for Remote Navigation in Galați City

EME Outlook Magazine  ·  Feature continuation
Part two of the Trading Line cover story, focused on the Galați Remote Piloting Innovation Centrum and its institutional backing.
Read part two
2022

Transforming the shipping industry through waves of innovation

Energy Focus
Industry publication profile covering Trading Line's investment commitment to smart technology, artificial intelligence, and remote-controlled vessels on the Danube.
Read on energy-focus.net
2024

Vrem să fim cel mai mare transportator fluvial de mărfuri din Europa

Ziarul Financiar  ·  ZF Live interview
Long-form interview with Paul Ivanov on Trading Line's European ambition and the target of growing the operated fleet in the coming years.
Read on zfcorporate.ro
May 2021

PLATINA 3 Budapest — closing keynote

Danube Commission  ·  Official release
Danube Commission press release on the PLATINA 3 Budapest event. Documents Paul Ivanov's closing keynote speech alongside Sebastiaan van der Meer of Sendo Shipping.
Read on danubecommission.org
Institutional Feeds

Sector
references.

A curated set of feeds from the institutions whose policy decisions, funding programmes, and infrastructure investments shape the inland waterway transport sector on the Danube and the Black Sea. Trading Line tracks these sources daily — cargo owners, investors, and policy partners may find them useful as primary sources.

Press inquiries

Writing about the Danube?

Trading Line welcomes interview requests, background briefings, quotes, and editorial collaboration from journalists covering European transport, logistics, commodities, and infrastructure policy.

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