General objective: Increase the safety and security of the sailing throughout the Romanian sector of the Danube and reduce its impact on the environment. Specific objectives: OS 1: The acquisition of two multifunctional maritime tugboats and two modern multifunctional river tugs with ice class will allow the Adminstraction to intervene promptly at critical points, in case of the occurrence of ice, in order to ensure the fluency of navigation on the Romanian sector of the Danube. It will also be possible to intervene with these vessels to dismantle seagoing vessels and river convoys, and to take part in fire-fighting actions on board ships and in quay installations. The ice-class tugs currently owned by FMAJ-RA Galați are between 26 and 37 years old, which is why they are worn both physically and morally, as a result of their age and exceeding their normal service life, tugs are maintained to operating standards by costly periodic repairs, both in terms of time and financially, one of the main problems being the disappearance of spare parts, which leads to great operational difficulties. They have low efficiency, very high fuel consumption and emissions of pollutants exceeding the permitted limits. OS 2: Creation of 48 new jobs to operate the four tugs at the end of project implementation. The implementation of the project will directly contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy and the Commission’s White Paper by promoting territorial cohesion, ensuring the interconnection of national territory to international routes and regional interconnectivity; efficiency, by removing bottlenecks and delays with an impact on the economic and social environment; sustainability, by promoting sustainable transport modes and energy efficiency measures, as well as Romania’s 2020 target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20 % compared to 1990.The project falls under the categories of actions that can be financed under the Large Infrastructure Operational Programme, 2014-2020, Priority Axis 2 – Development of a multimodal, quality transport system, sustainable and efficient, Specific Objective 2.5 Increasing safety and security in all modes of transport and reducing the environmental impact of transport – Acquisition of fairway equipment – waterways and other types of equipment with a role in ensuring transport safety and security regardless of the mode of transport. The financing of the project will contribute to the achievement of the general objective of the Partnership Agreement of Romania 2014-2020 and specifically to the development of the Infrastructure, namely the achievement of the Thematic Objective no. 7 – Promotion