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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.

Constanta port to benefit from new strategic projects in public–private partnership

Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) August 29, 2018 – The Government adopted on August 23 a decision for the approval of 16 strategic investment...

Romania to propose Gdansk-Constanta ports rail corridor overhaul

Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) August 28, 2018 – Romania’s government plans to propose a project for the overhaul of a 3,663 km rail route linking...

Romania’s Constanta port looks for return of cruise business

Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – Recent geopolitical issues have seen the cruise industry in the Black Seas shrink. Nicolae Dan...

Dutch shipbuilder Damen assumes control of Romania’s Mangalia shipyard 

Mangalia, Romania (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – Dutch shipbuilder Damen has said it assumed the operational control of the Mangalia shipyard in Romania. The...

Constanta port issues quay tender

Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) July 19, 2018 -The National Company Maritime Port Administration SA Constanta is inviting applications for the environmental...

Sagunto port receives Romanian delegation

Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) July 9, 2018 – Sagunto port has received the visit of a delegation from the Romanian province of Dâmbovita that has selected...

Reference – CIVITAS Portis

Reference – CIVITAS Portis – June 27, 2018 CIVITAS is a network of cities for cities dedicated to cleaner, better transport in Europe and beyond....

Event: “Constanta Port on the Silk Road” – Bucharest, June 22, 2018

Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) June 26, 2018 – The second edition of the “Constanta Port on the Silk Road” round table has taken place in...

Contract signed to develop Constanta port

Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) May 22, 2018 – A contract for financing a Constant port project was signed May 21, 2018, by the Minister of Transport,...

VARD Q1 2018 financial statement comments of Romanian port activity

Tulcea, Romania (PortSEurope) May 14, 2018 – The shipbuilder VARD has reported its Q! 2018 financial results and commented on the activities at its...

EBRD representatives visit Constanta port

Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) April 23, 2018 – A delegation from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), led by Policy and...

Romanian maritime ports cargo traffic up 15.3% in first quarter 2018

Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) April 23, 2018 – In the first quarter of 2018, total goods traffic in Romanian maritime ports (Constanta, Midia and...

Ranking: leading Mediterranean and Black Sea TEU ports for the period 2005-2017

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) April 8, 2018 – Assoporti, the Italian ports association, has published full statistics for TEU traffic at leading Mediterranean...

Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industry shipyard in Romania nationalised

Bucharest, Romania (Ports Europe) March 26, 2018 – Romania’s Economy Ministry has reached an agreement with Dutch group Damen to take control of the...

Event: Constanta Port Container Day – March 22, 2018

Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) March 13, 2018 – Constanta Port Container Day will take place on March 22, 2018, in Cluj-Napoca. At the event, Mihai...

Vard awarded contract to build two vessels for Ponant

Tulcea, Romania (Ports Europe) March 10, 2018 – Vard Holdings Limited, a Norwegian company active in the design and construction of special ships, has...

VARD reports high activity in Romanian shipyards

Tulcea, Romania (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Vard Holdings Limited, part of Fincantieri S.p.A., has reported its financial results for q4 2017. Higher...

Constanta and Vukovar ports to review cooperation

Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) March 1, 2018 – National Company Maritime Ports Administration SA Constantza and Luka Vukovar d.o.o. are organizing...

Balkan and Black Sea Commission taking part in 9th International Black Sea Symposium

The Conference of Peripheral Maritime Region, 26 February 2018 The Conference of Peripheral Maritime Region’s (CPMR) Balkan and Black Sea Commission...

Constanta port to benefit from EU Cohesion funding

Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) February 20, 2018 – €1.3 billion ($1.61 billion) from the EU Cohesion Fund is to be invested in the modernisation of...

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