The overall traffic of goods in Romanian sea ports was over 62 million tons in the first 11 months of the year, 13.5% higher than in the same period of 2020, the management of the National Administration of Sea Ports Company (CNAPM) Constanta informed on Wednesday. Florin Goidea, the general manager of CNAPM mentioned at a press conference, that cereal traffic is 24 million tons in the mentioned period, the highest in the history of Constanta Port. According to him, the total traffic of goods, 48.06 million tons, represents sea traffic and 14.78 million tons river traffic, both cases recording growths. “Sea traffic grew by 15.01%, that is 48.06 million tons again st 41.8 million tons in the first 11 months of 2020, while river traffic recorded an increase of 8.7%, that is 14.78 million tons against 13.6 million tons, the quantity recorded over January- November 2020,” the representative of CNAPM Constanta said. According to him, significant traffic increases are found for the following groups of goods: crude oil, solid mineral fuel, metal products, ore, oil seeds and fruit. Traffic drops were recorded mainly for fodder, chemical products and cellulose ad paper waste. A slight drop is noticed in container traffic – about 5.7 million tons against 5.8 million tons recorded in the same period of 2020, which means – 1.72%. The same thing is seen in the number of TEUs, that is 584,454 at the end of November 2021, compared ti 592,486 in 2020 (- 1.36%).
La French Tech Bucharest announces the third edition of its highly anticipated flagship event, Sustainability meets Profitability, set to take place on April 8th, 2025, at the Romanian - American University (1B Expoziției Boulevard, Bucharest), starting at 18:30. Sustainability meets Profitability event will explore the new regulations companies—big or small—must navigate and how they can turn […]
The builders of Romania’s important A1 Sibiu – Pitești highway are set to start the construction of a bridge over 300 meters long and at least 100 meters wide, allowing the animals of the Southern Carpathians to cross from one side to the other. The investment will pay off as a corridor for large mammals […]
The local business services industry has potential for growth, even if it will see a slower pace because the market is a mature one and given the high regional and global competitiveness, according to a report carried out by the Association of Business Service Leaders in Romania (ABSL) in partnership with Deloitte Romania. Still, the […]
Several Romanian military personnel who were on parental leave went to Congo as mercenaries, according to a statement from the Ministry of National Defense. The issue of active soldiers taking mercenary work first came up on the public agenda after PressOne...
The European Investment Bank and the government of Ukraine have agreed to allocate EUR 50 million from EIB funding to Ukraine's national railway company, Ukrzaliznytsia, for the modernization of key railway border crossings with Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania. The project includes repairs to worn-out railway tracks, the relocation of wagon inspections, the reconstruction of […]
Medicover has acquired the operations of the lab tests provider Synlab Group in Romania, Turkey, Cyprus, Slovenia, Croatia, and North Macedonia in a transaction worth EUR 71.3 million, the company announced. The transaction was financed from Medicover's own sources. It was carried out by Medicover for its diagnostic services division, present in Romania under the […]
