The first two vessels of the Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company (UDP) with barges loaded with Ukrainian goods will depart along an alternative route on the Danube in the coming days, Deputy Prime Minister of Restoration - Minister of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development Oleksandr Kubrakov said on air national telethon on Thursday.

"We are already launching via the Danube in the coming days... We will deliver containers by barges to the port of Constanta in Romania. Our first two vessels will depart in the coming days," Kubrakov said.

He expressed hope that the delivery of goods bypassing Poland up the Danube - to the ports of Germany and Austria - will also begin in the near future.

"This is such an alternative route. Of course, the market needs to consider the economy. For their part, all our companies, all state-owned enterprises will meet the market halfway in order to make, accordingly, the most advantageous offers, understanding the situation our exporters are in," the Deputy Prime Minister said.

It was previously reported that UDP had developed three lines for barge caravans and sent commercial proposals to the largest road freight forwarders.