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Romania is a country in Southeast Europe which borders Hungary, Ukraine, Moldova, Bulgaria and Serbia. Its primary seaport is Constanța on the Black Sea coastline. Its profile has risen in recent months as it has become one of the focal points for the exports of grain from Ukraine. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has closed all Ukrainian seaports.

Giurgiulesti inland port – Who will buy Moldova’s only port?

Giurgiulesti, Moldova (Ports Europe) November 20, 2024 – There is real interest in the landlocked Moldova’s little-known only Danube River Giurgiulesti...

Trans-Oil Group acquires Frial Terminal in Port of Constanta

Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) October 31, 2024 – Moldova’s Trans-Oil Group has announced the acquisition of Frial Terminal in the Port of...

Consortium team delivers specification for Port Community System to Constanta port

Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) October 15, 2024 – The Romanian IT company Critical Technologies SRL, the German port consultancy HPC Hamburg Port...

Ferries are endangered species in the Black Sea

Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) October 5, 2024 – The once booming ferryboat services market in the Black Sea is almost extinct. Out of more than 10...

Ports to play key role in Romania’s Black Sea wind roadmap

Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) September 30, 2024 – Last May, Romania adopted a new offshore wind industry plan. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has...

Second tour of NATO anti-mine operation in Black Sea

Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) September 23, 2024 – NATO members Bulgaria, Turkey and Romanian launched the second tour of their Mine Countermeasures Naval...

Dnevnik: Russian “floating petrol stations” off Bulgaria’s coast

Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) September 21, 2024 – Russian tankers Nikolay Veliki and Nikolay Gamayunov are refuelling ships leaving Bulgaria’s Black...

Ship hit by a Russian missile last week docks at the Port of Constanta

Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) September 20, 2024 – The ship hit by a Russian missile last week has docked at the Romanian port of Constanta on...

Nawaf Salameh acquires Octogon Gas & Logistics Terminal in Constanta

Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) September 5, 2024 – Romanian businessman Nawaf Salameh, the owner of Alexandrion Group, has acquired the Octogon Gas...

Update: BMF Port Burgas vs Romanian government for Moldova’s Giurgiulesti Port

Giurgiulesti, Moldova (Ports Europe) August 29, 2024 – The Romanian government approved on August 28 the start of negotiations with the European Bank for...

Update: Romania wants to buy Moldova’s Giurgiulesti port from EBRD

Giurgiulesti, Moldova (Ports Europe) August 29, 2024 – The Romanian government has approved the start of negotiations with the European Bank for...

Romania, Turkey, Netherlands, Denmark firms interested in EBRD’s Giurgiulesti port

Giurgiulesti, Moldova (Ports Europe) August 29, 2024 – The state-owned part of landlocked Moldova’s only port of Giurgiulesti on the Danube River...

50 year old Bulgarian-Romanian Danube power plant project resurrected

Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) August 2, 2024 – According to Bulgarian media, a 50-year-old project for a hydropower plant on the Danube River, a road...

Update: EU funding for transport projects in Bulgaria

Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) July 22, 2024 – The European Commission (EC) has approved funding of 95 million euros for the joint Bulgarian-Romanian project...

Four NATO countries’ ports linked in a Harmonized Military Mobility Corridor

Washington, United States (Ports Europe) July 12, 2024 – Greece, Bulgaria, and Romania have decided to establish a Harmonized Military Mobility Corridor,...

EBRD announces load to DP World Constanta

Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) July 8, 2024 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced a senior loan of up to 50...

Midia Zone of Constanta Port set for second stage expansion

Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) July 8, 2024 – Financing has been agreed for the project to extend quays 10 and 12 in the Midia area of the Port of...

Tender for modernisation of Galati river-sea port

Galati, Romania (Ports Europe) July 7, 2024 – Romania’s Compania Nationala Administratia Porturilor Dunarii Maritime published on July 3 a tender...

Efficiency of five lower Danube ports – study

Katowice, Poland (Ports Europe) July 6, 2024 – From five lower Danube River ports analysed in the period 2014-2021, none reached the maximum efficiency...

Sea Lines launches Constanta-Karasu Ro-Ro service

Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) July 5, 2024 – The Turkish Black Sea ferry operator Sea Lines has signed an agreement with DP World to launch...

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