Constanta National Administration of Maritime Ports announced the signing of the project called “Implementation of specialised berth in high-depth area (Berth 80)”, through the Operational Programme Large Infrastructure 2014-2020 (POIM).
The contract is worth RON 25.78 Million (EUR 5.56 million), VAT excluded, of which the EU co-financing amounts to over RON 19 million (EUR 4.1 million), covering 75% of the project budget, while 25% is the state-budget contribution of RON 4.75% million (over EUR 1 million).
Apart from specific works of upgrading Berth 80, including the installation of new equipment appropriate for receiving bigger grain ships, the project also includes the extension of railway infrastructure up to the grain siloes. The construction of the railway link will increase railway traffic and the efficiency of the railway system in the port’s river-maritime sector.
The project will take 37 months to complete (3 years) and will be carried out in the period 1 June 2018-30 June 2021.
The project is financed through POIM 2014-2020, Priority Axis 1 improvement of mobility by developing the TEN-T network and metro transport Specific Objective 1.3 Increasing the use of inland waterways and ports on the TEN-T core network.
For the implementation of infrastructure projects, this year, the Romanian Ministry of Transport issued an order approving the state aid scheme for investments in the intermodal and multimodal local port infrastructure. The total estimated budget of the scheme for port infrastructure investments is EUR 647.36 million. Currently, a state aid scheme is in preparation to finance investments carried out by the private sector.
Also, in order to modernise the port, another regional state-aid scheme will be developed within the DAPhNE project – Danube Ports Network, carried out between January 2017 – June 2019 and financed through Danube Transnational Programme. The project has a budget of EUR 2.84 and is implemented by a consortium of 15 partners from Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria.
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