Over 3,000 Trucks Processed Daily at Moldova

Over 3,000 lorries were processed at the Moldovan-Romanian border in a single day

The Moldovan Customs Service has increased the throughput capacity at border crossings with Romania amid a rise in freight traffic towards the EU. Over the past 24 hours, the number of lorries processed exceeded 3,000, compared with approximately 2,000 a month ago. An additional lane at the Leușen–Albita crossing was used overnight to allow empty lorries to pass through.

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According to the Customs Service, following operational talks with the Romanian authorities, it was agreed that an additional lane at the Leușen–Albica customs post would operate at night in a reversible mode. This lane was used to allow empty lorries to pass, separately from vehicles carrying goods.

Over the course of the night, 308 lorries passed through this checkpoint. The lane is currently being used to ease the flow of passenger cars, after which it is planned to be re-activated for empty lorries. The lane’s operating mode is adjusted according to traffic volume to speed up border crossings for both lorries and passenger vehicles.

Why is freight traffic increasing?

Moldova’s Customs Service attributes the increased pressure on border crossing points to several factors. These include a seasonal rise in grain exports, changes to the trade routes of Moldovan and Ukrainian companies following the outbreak of the war, and an increase in the transit of Ukrainian goods through Moldova against the backdrop of the bombing of Ukraine’s infrastructure.

According to the agency, just a month ago around 2,000 lorries were passing through border customs checkpoints in both directions each day. This figure now exceeds 3,000.

Despite the increase in the number of vehicles processed, the heavy flow continues to cause delays at the border.

The Moldovan Customs Service is operating round the clock, with additional staff deployed and in coordination with their Romanian counterparts, who have also increased their staffing levels.

The parties are exploring ways to make more efficient use of the existing infrastructure and to speed up the clearance and processing of lorries on both sides of the border. In doing so, safety requirements and current control procedures must be observed.

For the transport of perishable goods, priority processing remains in place, using a separate lane for Authorised Economic Operators (AEOs).

This story was translated with the assistance of artificial intelligence.The translation was also reviewed by the Logos Press editorial team.

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