10.23.2013

Romania’s Transport Ministry has been allotted EUR1.3 billion in European funds to upgrade the railway linking Craiova to Calafat, a EUR400 million investment, and modernize 16 ports. more

10.17.2013

The European Commission has approved the European Union’s infrastructure policy for 2014-2020 and two of the nine key transport corridors included in the strategy take in Romania, which may get more

10.15.2013

Dunca Expeditii, one of the largest trucking companies in Romania, will end the year with EUR36 million revenue, up 10% on 2012, while net profit would be lower because of the fuel price hikes, more

10.11.2013

Employees of Bucharest subway operator Metrorex and public transport company RATB will go on strike Monday and Tuesday between 4 a.m. and 4 p.m. if negotiations with Transport Ministry more

10.09.2013

Albin Budinsky, CEO of major transport and logistics company Schenker Romtrans, says the good times of the pre-crisis years are not coming back, but that the company’s turnover could increase in the more

09.26.2013

Unionists with Bucharest public transport companies Metrorex and RATB have postponed until October 14 a full-blown strike planned for September 30, union leader Ion Radoi said Thursday. more

09.19.2013

Trucking company edy International Spedition, which is now reorganizing its business, plants to expand to Russia, Turkey and Kazakhstan to boost profitability. more

09.16.2013

Employees of the Bucharest subway company Metrorex will go on a two-hour warning strike Tuesday, between 4 and 6 a.m. and plan to follow-up with a general strike on September 30 unless their wage more

08.26.2013

Romania’s President Traian Basescu on Monday has signed the decree appointing MEP Ramona Manescu as Transport minister, according to the Presidency. more

08.26.2013

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta has nominated MEP Ramona Manescu as Transport minister, people close to the matter said Monday. more

08.25.2013

The Romanian Liberal Party nominated MP Nini Sapunaru and MEP Ramona Manescu for the Transport portfolio and the propositions will be presented to Prime Minister Victor Ponta. more

07.25.2013

Romania’s Transport Ministry wants to contract technical assistance services to prepare the EU-funded operational program for Transport 2014-2020. more

07.03.2013

Romania’s Transport Minister Relu Fenechiu on Wednesday said the European Commission has approved refunds of EUR315 million to Romania through the EU-funded operational program for transport more

06.28.2013

The poor state of the Romanian railway infrastructure makes Asian freight railway carriers avoid Romania, Sorin Chinde, general manager of private railway company Grup Feroviar Roman (GFR), said more

06.26.2013

The Romanian Transport Ministry announced on Tuesday that the EUR4.5 billion European program for financing transport infrastructure has been unlocked, but it remains to be seen what will happen with more

06.25.2013

The European Commission has unlocked payments for the 2007-2013 Transport Sector Operational Program (POS T), the Romanian Transport Ministry said in a statement Tuesday. more

05.15.2013

The Transport Ministry will on Wednesday have the shortlist of companies that remain in the race for buying the majority stake in state-run CFR Marfa, the largest railway freight transporter in more

04.22.2013

Transport Minister Relu Fenechiu nonchalantly said in an interview Sunday he has not traveled by train in three or four years, not even after he became Minister four months ago. But how can one be a more

04.15.2013

Romania’s Transport Ministry has rejected the management plan proposed by the Executive Board of state-owned railway operator CFR SA, which will lead to the termination of the board members’ more

04.09.2013

Almost half the Romanian railway network needs capital repair works, but existing lines have received only EUR18 million from the state budget for such works. The bulk of the overall public money more

03.28.2013

Romania’s Transport Ministry will launch over 20 public procurement procedures in infrastructure in April and May, Transport Minister Relu Fenechiu said Thursday. more

03.21.2013

The Romanian Transport Ministry will publish the privatization announcement for state-owned freight railway carrier CFR Marfa on 6 or 8 April, the head of the ministry said Thursday. more

03.05.2013

The European Union is providing funds worth 14.2 million lei (EUR3.2 million) for a project meant to boost the Romanian Transport Ministry’s capacity to elaborate a general strategy in the sector of more

02.26.2013

Romania’s Transport Ministry has received just one bid from brokerage Swiss Capital for its planned initial public offering of 5% in the Constanta maritime port operator at the Black Sea. more

02.01.2013

Romania’s Transport Ministry expects to raise at least 268.75 million lei (EUR61.5 million) through the sale of a majority stake (51%) in state-owned freight company CFR Marfa, and the sum does not more