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.
Port of Constanta handles 29.4 million metric tons of grain in Jan-Oct 2023
Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) November 22, 2023 – The Port of Constanta handled a record 29.4 million metric tons of grain in the first 10 months of...
New claims for mine explosion near a ship in the Black Sea
Pivdennyi, Ukraine (Ports Europe) November 19, 2023 – A sea mine exploded on November 16 very close to Liberia-flagged Georgia S bulk carrier transporting...
Bawi Construction awarded Port of Constanta railway contract
Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) November 13, 2023 – Bawi Construction SRL to repair and maintain the public railway infrastructure within the Port of...
Ukraine wants a “green corridor” linking Reni-Giurgiulesti-Galati
Giurgiulesti, Moldova (PortSEurope) October 28, 2023 – Ukraine is pushing for the creation of a “green corridor” between its port of Reni, Moldova’s...
Six companies bid for bitumen contract in Port of Constanta
Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) October 27, 2023 – Six companies have submitted offers for a contract to develop a bitumen terminal in the Port of...
Fincantieri’s VARD to build two vessels for Windward Offshore
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) October 24, 2023 – Fincantieri’s VARD division will build two hybrid Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOV)...
Real two-way cargo traffic in Ukrainian humanitarian corridor
Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 21, 2023 – More cargo ships are heading towards the Odesa region ports and sailing back towards Bosphorus Strait. As of...
Port of Constanta increase exports of Ukrainian grain
Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) October 20, 2023 – In January-September 2023, the port of Constanta handled 10.5 million tonnes of Ukrainian grain,...
New unconfirmed reports of a ship hitting a mine off Romania’s coast
Sulina, Romania (PortSEurope) October 16, 2023 – A Liberian-flagged oil products tanker Ali Najafov (6,620 DWT) reportedly hit a mine on October 15 off...
€24 million of aid for Romania’s Danube River and Black Sea ports
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) October 15, 2023 – The European Commission (EC) has approved up to €24 million in aid for Romania to support...
Critical Technologies SRL wins PCS contract at Port of Constanta
Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) October 13, 2023 – The local Critical Technologies SRL is heading a consortium that won a tender to develop the...
Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria discuss mine clearing force
Ankara, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 11, 2023 – The three NATO members, Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria, are discussing the creation of a joint force to...
Greek prime minister refers to ports after tripartite summit
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) October 10, 2023 – Earlier this week, the Port of Varna hosted a trilateral Greece-Bulgaria-Romania summit. At the end of...
Port of Varna hosts trilateral Greece-Bulgaria-Romania summit
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) October 9, 2023 – This week, the Port of Varna will host a trilateral Greece-Bulgaria-Romania summit. The meeting will...
Port of Constanta plans “cold ironing” implementation
Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) October 4, 2023 – The Port of Constanta has provided an update on its cold ironing plans. Port operator, National...
Romania wants to buy Moldova’s inland port of Giurgiulesti
Bucharest, Romania (PortSEurope) October 2, 2023 – The Prime Minister of Romania, Marcel Ciolacu, has said that Romania should purchase the Moldovan...
Constanta port will modernise its roads, water and electricity infrastructure
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) September 25, 2023 – A 300 million euro project for the modernisation of Romania’s Black Sea port of Constanta was...