The Danube, the second largest river in Europe after the Volga and the third largest in terms of economic importance after the Volga and Rhine, is 2840 km long and crosses a total of 4 capitals and 10 countries. With a long history in commercial transport, the Danube is connected to the Black Sea by the Danube-Black Sea canal and to the North Sea by the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal. The economic importance of this river stems from its large shipping capacity at a much lower cost than other types of transport. At the same time, the Danube has a tourist importance due to the Danube Delta, one of the most beautiful regions in Romania due to the fauna and flora found in this area. In this paper, a statistical analysis was carried out on the naval traffic for the period 2010-2020 regarding the total number of incoming ships, outgoing ships and the total tons of cargo transported on the Sulina canal. The most important sectors and ports were identified, and a classification of the types of goods according to their contribution was made.

Acknowledgements: “The work of the first author is supported by the project ANTREPRENORDOC, in the framework of Human Resources Development Operational Programme 2014-2020, financed from the European Social Fund under the contract number 36355/23.05.2019 HRD OP /380/6/13 – SMIS Code: 123847. The work of the second author was carried out in the framework of the research project DREAM (Dynamics of the REsources and technological Advance in harvesting Marine renewable energy), supported by the Romanian Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding – UEFISCDI, grant number PN-III-P4-ID- PCE-2020-0008.”