High Performance Green Port Giurgiu

 

Autumn 2016


The global main objective of the EU-project "High Performance Green Port Giurgiu" (TEN-T financial assistance by the European Union) is to transform the port of Giurgiu into the first efficient green port on the Danube that plays the role of a leading high-performance tri-modal logistics hub in the area.

The first project included the analysis of the current situation in Giurgiu port (technical and operational analysis, market analysis and environmental analysis), the development of concepts for innovative technology at the port and the design of the new green port in Giurgiu. This project ended in August 2015.

The next step is the work. A follow up project has been funded in the framework of the 1st CEF-call by the European Union with 85 %. Through co-operation between one private company (ILR Logistica Romania) and two public companies (Giurgiu Municipality and S.C. Administratia Zonei Libere Giurgiu) is this EU project a flagship project in Danube port development and a best practice for a brownfield rehabilitation. The construction phase started in September 2015. The main activity will be the construction of a tri-modal logistics center with fully covered ship berth, in which trucks, wagons and ships can be loaded and unloaded independent of the weather. Further activities include the establishment of a railway connection, the rehabilitation of the access roads inside the port, the rehabilitation of the existing quay and various environmental measures. The overall project budget is about 15,5 million euros.

A groundbreaking ceremony with the official unveiling of the project billboard took place in Giurgiu in summer 2016. At the invitation of the 3 project partners many representatives of public institutions, such as Romanian Ministry Of Transport, Romanian Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, European Parliament and Council of Danube Cities arrived on the site of the logistics center in Giurgiu. Planned completion is in 2018.

The effects of this project will positively influence the macro-economic, environmental and social aspects in the Giurgiu-Bucharest-Russe region in the next years.



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For more information about the project, please visit the following website: www.ilr.com.ro/projects/high-performance-green-port-giurgiu.html