On October 7, 2021, the ceremony for laying the keel of REXDAN ship took place in Giurgiu. On this occasion, "Dunărea de Jos" University of Galați received the "birth certificate" of the largest research ship on the European Union inland waters. The ship will include nine modern laboratories in which academics and researchers from "Dunărea de Jos" University in Galați and researchers from specialized institutes in Romania and abroad will carry out their activity. The REXDAN ship, which will cover 2,000 km on the Danube navigable sector, is being built at Giurgiu Shipyard and will be completed in January 2023.