Giurgiulesti International Free Port (GIFP), Moldova's only port accessible to sea-going vessels, is situated at km 133.8 (nautical mile 72.2) of the River Danube in the South of Moldova, sandwiched between Romania (and therefore the European Union) and Ukraine. GIFP benefits from its location on international trade and transportation routes such as the Rhine-Main-Danube waterway corridor which connects the Black Sea, 14 European countries and the North Sea; the European standard and Russian railway systems as well as the international road network.