Romania
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.
Ukraine discusses agricultural transit with Romania
News – The Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, Mykola Solsky, held another online meeting with the Minister of Agriculture and Rural...
Romanian government approves Constanta Port dredging
Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) February 20, 2024 – The Romanian government has approved an ambitious $229 million dredging project at the Port of...
Romanian government blocks sale of stake in Constanta port
Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) February 14, 2024 – Shareholders of Fondul Proprietatea have rejected a proposal made by the Fund’s...
General Director of Constanța Port resigns
Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) February 12, 2024 – The general director of the Port of Constanța, Florin Vizan, has submitted his resignation, the...
RomPortMet port modernisation
Galati, Romania (Ports Europe) February 5, 2024 – Romania’s steel producer Liberty Galati, a subsidiary of the British Liberty Steel, and the largest...
Kazakhstan and Romania push Middle Corridor development
Bucharest, Romania (Ports Europe) February 1, 2024 – In Bucharest, the Ministries of Transport of Kazakhstan and Romania have signed a memorandum of...
Update: Bulgaria slows down NATO’s Aegean-Danube route
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) January 28, 2024 – One of the questions that worries NATO’s military strategists is how to get from the Aegean Sea...
Update: Bulgaria to invest €3 bln in highway & railroad to Constanta
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) January 26, 2024 – Bulgaria is set to invest €3 billion in the construction of a highway and a railroad connecting...
Moldova’s Giurgiulesti port handled 2.17 mln tonnes of cargo in 2023
Giurgiulesti, Moldova (Ports Europe) January 25, 2024 – Moldova’s only port of Giurgiulesti on the Danube River handled 18.6% more cargo in 2023...
Agricrafters and DP World bring blueberries to the Middle East
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) January 24, 2024 – Romanian fruit producer Agricrafters has partnered with global logistics giant DP World to bring...
EC funds study for a third bridge between Bulgaria and Romania
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 22, 2024 – The Russian invasion of Ukraine has finally forced the European Commission (EC) to approve financing for...
Danube not included in Schengen deal for Bulgaria and Romania
Sofia, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) January 20, 2024 – The Danube River is not included in the agreement for the accession of Bulgaria and Romania in the...
Finally, a mine-clearing agreement for the Black Sea by three NATO members
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) January 12, 2024 – NATO members and Black Sea littoral states Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria have signed an agreement for a...
European Commission approves €126 mln Romanian State aid scheme for ports
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 11, 2024 – The European Commission has approved a €126 million state scheme to support investments in ports...
Port of Constanta reports 2023 cargo traffic of over 92 mln tons
Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) January 10, 2024 – The Port of Constanta has reported 2023 cargo traffic of over 92 million tons (mt), compared to...
EU to lift air, maritime internal border controls with Bulgaria, Romania
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 8, 2024 – At the end of last year, the European Council announced that from March 31, 2024, the EU will lift air...
Minesweeper expected today in Port of Constanta, Romania
Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) December 19, 2023 – The minesweeper “Sublocotenent Ion Ghiculescu”, an M 270 minehunter, is expected today...
New regular Reni-Constanta barge line
Reni, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 17, 2023 – KTL Ukraine has launched a new self-propelled container barge service, KTL PORT, which connects the...
Romanian seaports handled 49.3 mln cargo tonnes in Jan-Sept 2023
Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) December 12, 2023 – Romanian seaports handled 49.3 million tonnes (mt) of cargo in January-September 2023. This was up...
Constanta targets 4 mln tonnes/month of Ukrainian grain
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) December 11, 2023 – Romania is steadily progressing toward its goal of increasing the monthly processing transit...