{"id":6504,"date":"2026-07-21T13:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/greenport\/2026\/07\/21\/green-loan-drives-port-electrification\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T14:23:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:23:38","slug":"green-loan-drives-port-electrification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/news\/projects-initiatives-greenport\/green-loan-drives-port-electrification\/","title":{"rendered":"Green loan drives port electrification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The port finance package forms part of a \u20ac100 million investment programme to modernise port infrastructure, replacing diesel-powered assets with electric port equipment, installing shore power and cutting annual CO\u2082 emissions by more than 6,000 tonnes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn today\u2019s trading environment, the most competitive ports are the most sustainable ports. This investment reflects that fact by aligning the growth of the Constan\u021ba South Container Terminal with DP World\u2019s global commitment to reducing emissions,\u201d said&nbsp;Svitlana Balaban, CEO of DP World Constan\u021ba.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy electrifying our operations, we are not just helping customers build more resilient and sustainable supply chains, we are also strengthening Constan\u021ba\u2019s position as the Black Sea\u2019s leading green container hub.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Core infrastructure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The programme combines EBRD financing with European Union and Romanian government grants.<\/p>\n<p>First phase of the investment, worth \u20ac53.8 million, will deliver the core port infrastructure required for electrification, including new electrical networks, transformer and distribution facilities, shore power systems, a connection to the main port power station, rehabilitated access roads and ten electric terminal tractors with charging infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>A second \u20ac46.2 million phase will introduce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/environment-and-sustainability\/port-electrification-milestone-at-constana\/1507407.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">additional port equipment<\/a>, including electric remote-operated rubber-tyred gantry cranes, two electric mobile harbour cranes and more electric terminal tractors.<\/p>\n<p>The loan represents the first dedicated green financing in the terminal\u2019s history and builds on DP World\u2019s wider investment strategy in Constan\u021ba.<\/p>\n<p>It folloes the opening of new project cargo and roll-on\/roll-off terminals in 2024 and completion of a 119,000m\u00b2 multimodal platform in late 2025, further strengthening the port\u2019s position as a key Black Sea logistics gateway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DP World has secured a \u20ac25 million green loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to accelerate port electrification at its Constan\u021ba South Container Terminal in Romania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":6505,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,8],"tags":[1697,249,2636,637,23,2104,539],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-6504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy-technology-greenport","category-projects-initiatives-greenport","tag-constanta-south-container-terminal","tag-dp-world","tag-european-bank-for-reconstruction-and-development","tag-port-electrification","tag-port-equipment","tag-port-finance","tag-port-infrastructure"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6504"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6506,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6504\/revisions\/6506"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6504"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=6504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}