12.19.2014

2014 meant fewer investments in transport infrastructure and also fewer inaugurations. Compared with 2013, when over 100 km of highways and a new bridge over the Danube, in Calafat-Vidin, emerged on more

12.04.2014

Romanian Transport Ministry plans to restore a road-rail bridge in Olt county, between Slatina and Piatra Olt, a project valued at 43 million lei (EUR9.7 million), VAT included, according to a draft more

11.12.2014

The current economic context is favorable to investments and acquisitions, believes Mircea Vlah, who took over the reins of Romania’s transport company Dumagas this September. more

10.28.2014

Romania's Transport Ministry has requested a one year and a half postponement on the listing of 5% stakes in seven companies under its authority, including the Bucharest Airport Company and the more

09.19.2014

Conpet Ploiesti, the company that manages the system of oil transport through pipelines, considers expanding into warehousing activities, in a bid to generate additional revenue from services provided more

09.10.2014

Road transporters face fragile liquidity and are very exposed to negative shocks such as non-payment of receivables or declining sales, according to Coface Romania estimates. more

09.09.2014

Sibiu-based Atlassib company, Romania’s biggest international road passenger transport operator, carried more than 300,000 people in the first half of the year, 7-8% more than in the same period in more

08.22.2014

The Romanian economy still has growth potential and its trend in the past year helped the business of transport and logistics companies, DB Schenker Logistics chief executive officer Albin Budinsky more

07.29.2014

The story of Filadelfia group, a business set up in Bistrita-Nasaud county by Ioan Sighiartau, a former employee of Rombat Bistrita, started in 1999, by accident, after a request to operate a trip to more

07.09.2014

Oradea-based freight shipping company Frigoexpres, which went insolvent last August, ended the first half of the year with 21 million lei (EUR4.8 million) revenue, down 36% in lei on the year-ago more

06.30.2014

Romania’s state-owned power grid operator Transelectrica (TEL.RO) will increase the average electricity transport tariff by 1.5% starting July 1, from the current 22.16 lei (EUR5.04) to RON22.5 per more

06.24.2014

Romanian Transport Minister Dan Sova on Tuesday stepped down from his position, after just four months in office. more

06.11.2014

Road freight transporters have increased their revenues recently but not their earnings, as the freight transport sector continues to register losses, according to a Coface analysis. more

05.08.2014

The value of transport infrastructure works (roads, railroads, airports, bridges or waterways) amounted to EUR27.5 billion in Romania between 2009 and 2013, according to a ZF analysis based on the more

05.08.2014

Sibiu-based Atlassib company, Romania’s biggest international road passenger transport operator, carried 150,000 passengers in the first quarter of 2014, 3% more compared to 2013, and its revenue more

04.29.2014

Rail freight carrier DB Schenker Rail Romania, part of the German Deutsche Bahn group, ended last year with EUR27 million revenue, up 35% on 2012, according to company officials and ZF calculations. more

04.10.2014

Oradea-based freight transporter Frigoexpress, which went insolvent in August 2013, cut its headcount and gave up 50 trucks as part of the restructuring process. more

04.08.2014

Ion Lazar currently owns the biggest transporter on the Romanian market, taking into account all the seven companies that make up Lazar group of firms. more

04.02.2014

Austrian logistics and transport company Gebrüder Weiss reported a turnover of EUR40.1 million in Romania in 2013, up 15% on the year, the company said. more

03.20.2014

Romania can gain logistics business from Ukraine and Russia due to the turmoil in the region, because manufacturers want logistics hubs in stable areas as close to their markets as possible, according more

01.14.2014

Road transport company edy Spedition, whose fleet reached almost 1,000 trucks in the years before 2012, is set to rely on shipments abroad this year as cost pressures are mounting on the domestic more

12.18.2013

The year 2013 saw the termination of a contract considered disadvantageous for Romania (the construction of the Transylvania Highway by the US-based Bechtel), as well as the failure to privatize rail more

12.17.2013

Romania’s Transport Ministry has drafted a government emergency ordinance seeking to outlaw the practice of hitchhiking, saying it affects the activity of passenger transport companies, the state more

11.13.2013

A freight truck needs 18 hours to cross Romania from south to north and Bucharest remains disconnected from Europe in terms of infrastructure, says Stefano Arganese, chief executive officer of DHL more

11.12.2013

Romania’s agency for mineral resources ANRM last week approved the increase by 5.44% of the oil transport fee applied by state-run oil transporter Conpet Ploiesti (COTE.RO). more