In January 1997, Bulgaria, Greece, and Russia agreed on a plan to build an Oil Pipeline linking the Bulgarian Black Sea port of Burgas with Alexandroupolis on the Mediterranean coast of Greece. As originally conceived, the proposed 178-mile, $600 million, underground pipeline would allow Russia to export oil via the Black Sea while bypassing the Bosporus. However, the project has been stalled for several years by a wide range of technical and economic issues, including disagreement between Russia and Greece over transit fees. Other proposals for Bosporus bypass routes include a 1.1-million-bbl/d line from the Black Sea port of Samsun in northeastern Turkey to Ceyhan, the 570-mile, 750,000-bbl/d AMBO line between Burgas and the Albanian port of Vlore, and the SEEL line from Romanias port of Constanza to Italys Adriatic port city of Trieste. In December 2004, AMBO announced that front-end engineering and design (FEED) on the $1.2-billion pipeline would be completed in early 2005 following the December 28, 2004 signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) by ministers from Bulgaria, Albania, and Macedonia. Construction is expected to begin within the next 12 months for operation within three years. In November 2004, the governments of Romania, Sebia-Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, and Austria agreed to endorse SEEL and its connection with the TransAlpine pipeline, which supplies refineries in Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic. In February 2005, Hill International Company completed a feasibility study on the pipeline. Construction is scheduled to commence in late 2005, with flows of 480,000 bbl/d expected by 2007. In addition to looking at bypasses to the Bosporus, Turkey also has been attempting to increase capacity in the straits. To increase safety and improve traffic flow in the Bosporus, Turkey has constructed a $45 million radar-controlled Vessel Traffic and Management System, with ships monitored from a facility similar to an airport traffic control center.