Romania terminal 50% complete

When finished in 2023, the 82,000 sqm Aiud intermodal terminal will link an area that contributes half of Romania’s industrial GDP directly with rail connections across Europe and all the way to China.

Cosmin Carstea, chief executive of DP World Romania said the company was pleased to reach such a significant milestone. “It will be a big step in helping DP World become an end-to-end logistics provider in Romania,” he said.

“As the terminal is situated in Romania’s industrial heartland, when completed it will provide exporters and importers in the wider area with direct access to a major transport hub, creating efficient, robust and reliable trade routes to the whole country and beyond.”

The new terminal will have a static storage capacity of 3,000 teu and create direct links to key export markets. This will help overcome traditional barriers of poor infrastructure reaching north-eastern Romania, and drive further business to DP World’s Constanta port, supporting further growth in the Black Sea terminal.

Through its on-site connection to the electrified rail infrastructure, the Aiud terminal will also help reduce transportation costs and CO2 emissions through the shift from road to rail as well as through the reduced transit time for cargoes from factories at the industrial park to their final destination.