Romanian IT company Critical Technologies SRL, German port consultancy Hamburg Port Consulting (HPC), and two Estonian maritime and shipping partners, EN Shipping OÜ and Saaresalu OÜ, have delivered a tailor-made specification for a Port Community System (PCS) for the Romanian Port of Constanta.
Port of Constanta aims to become a premier gateway in the Black Sea region. To achieve this, the Romanian port is making investments in both its physical and digital infrastructure. As part of this...
Considering the operational difficulties generated by the ongoing replacement of gantry crane’s rail tracks in Constanta, Romania, CMA CGM will implement a new port congestion surcharge (PCS) at the port.
Effective from 27 September and 25 October for US & US territories, Latin American notice countries and China, the surcharge will be US$150 per TEU for dry, reefer, IMO and OOG cargo.
https://container-news.com/cma-cgm-implements-congestion-surcharge-in-romania/
UAE-based port operator DP World recently opened three new facilities in Romania. The country’s Black Sea port of Constanta is now home to two new facilities following a €65 million (US$71 million) investment: a five-hectares project cargo terminal for heavy, large and complex cargo, and a new...
DP World opens three major new sites in Romania, providing a significant boost to the country’s growing status as a key hub of European trade and enabling economic growth throughout the region.
Constanta, the largest container port on the Black Sea, is now home to two new facilities following a €65 million investment: a 50,000m² ‘project’ cargo terminal for heavy, large and complex cargo, and a new ‘roll-on, roll-off’ (RO-RO) terminal that will handle up to 80,000 vehicles per year at its peak.
A...
https://container-news.com/dp-world-boosts-romania-port-sector-with-e130-million-investment/
A feeder service out of Constanta in Romania has delivered the first containers since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine to Chornomorsk port in what is intended to be a regular service to the greater Odessa region.
T-Mare, a Panamanian flagged general cargo vessel owned by Marshall Islands registered Majoris Trading, was chartered on 1 February, according to VesselsValue data, by Turkish forwarder Sea Pioneer Denizcilik to operate a feeder service between Constanta and Odessa.
The vessel made its...
https://container-news.com/first-containers-for-two-years-arrive-in-odessa/
The Romanian government has given its approval for the expansion of the southern sector of the Port of Constanta on Romania’s Black Sea coast. The completion of the project, which has an estimated value of approximately €1.12 billion (US$1.23 billion), will allow access for large-capacity ships at...
In the face of a concerted effort to cripple Ukraine’s port infrastructure, Danube River ports at Reni and Izmail have maintained exports throughout the war and the influence of these ports is growing.
The Danube River in Ukraine is a vital shipping route, and its importance increased with the decline of Ukraine’s exports via the Black Sea in the early part of the war with Russia.
Insurers at the International Union of Maritime Insurers (IUMI) acknowledged that as Russian military activities...
https://container-news.com/danube-river-maintains-ukraines-container-operations/
Romanian IT company Critical Technologies SRL (consortium leader), German port consultancy HPC Hamburg Port Consulting GmbH and two Estonian maritime and shipping partners, E.N. Shipping Services OÜ and Saaresalu OÜ, have won an international tender for developing the specifications for design and implementation for the Port Community System (PCS) for the Port of Constanta in Romania.
A PCS is a digital platform and information technology infrastructure that allows and optimises information and...
Dubai’s Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation (PCFC) and DP World have signed an agreement with the Romanian government to develop new infrastructure in the port of Constanta.
Through this partnership, DP World expects the Romanian port to be transformed into one of the most important cargo and vehicle hubs on the Black Sea.
The country’s Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure aims to develop a new roll-on / roll-ff (RO-RO) terminal to boost cargo vessel traffic in the Black Sea port, which...
https://container-news.com/dp-world-and-pcfc-to-upgrade-port-of-constanta/
After the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian war on 24 February 2022, Ukrainian Black Sea ports were cut off from the world trade creating a ripple effect on the regional logistics. Informall BG cargo analytical bureau based in Odessa, Ukraine tried to identify the main factors that contributed to the congestion in the port of Constanta in Romania.
Due to Russian Navy forces’ blockage of Ukrainian seaports, thousands of import containers destined for Ukraine had to be discharged in the port of...
https://container-news.com/blocked-ukrainian-ports-cause-major-congestion-in-the-port-of-constanta/