The ferry will be able to transport 150-200 lorries per day, said Daniel Loppert, communications director at the National Infrastructure Development Company (NIF), the Hungarian partner in the development project, Hungarian news agency MTI report. The crossing will take about 15 minutes, he added.
A bridge connects Esztergom and Sturovo, but vehicles of more than 3.5 tons are prohibited from using it because of its load-bearing capacity, MTI noted. Until now, lorries have had to drive 40-50 km, to bridges in Budapest or Komárom, in order to cross the river.
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