New overland transit route between Gdansk and Odessa will take 72 hours

New overland transit route between Gdansk and Odessa will take 72 hours Poland and Ukraine have announced plans for a new land transport corridor connecting Gdansk and Odessa, which will enable transport companies to ship cargo in 72 hours instead of the previous 26 days by the sea route through the Mediterranean. The enterprise includes both state-run companies as well as private entrepreneurs. The forwarder would be Mirtrans, associating Polish and Ukrainian railway transport companies and one Ukrainian private company Liski. According to Main Statistic Office (GUS) estimates, Polish exports to Ukraine grew by 13.5% and reached $798.2 million in 2000, 40% more than in 1999. (Puls Biznesu, pp.1,4)J.K.