06.11.2014

Road freight transporters have increased their revenues recently but not their earnings, as the freight transport sector continues to register losses, according to a Coface analysis. more

05.08.2014

The value of transport infrastructure works (roads, railroads, airports, bridges or waterways) amounted to EUR27.5 billion in Romania between 2009 and 2013, according to a ZF analysis based on the more

05.08.2014

Sibiu-based Atlassib company, Romania’s biggest international road passenger transport operator, carried 150,000 passengers in the first quarter of 2014, 3% more compared to 2013, and its revenue more

04.29.2014

Rail freight carrier DB Schenker Rail Romania, part of the German Deutsche Bahn group, ended last year with EUR27 million revenue, up 35% on 2012, according to company officials and ZF calculations. more

04.10.2014

Oradea-based freight transporter Frigoexpress, which went insolvent in August 2013, cut its headcount and gave up 50 trucks as part of the restructuring process. more

04.08.2014

Ion Lazar currently owns the biggest transporter on the Romanian market, taking into account all the seven companies that make up Lazar group of firms. more

04.02.2014

Austrian logistics and transport company Gebrüder Weiss reported a turnover of EUR40.1 million in Romania in 2013, up 15% on the year, the company said. more

03.20.2014

Romania can gain logistics business from Ukraine and Russia due to the turmoil in the region, because manufacturers want logistics hubs in stable areas as close to their markets as possible, according more

01.14.2014

Road transport company edy Spedition, whose fleet reached almost 1,000 trucks in the years before 2012, is set to rely on shipments abroad this year as cost pressures are mounting on the domestic more

12.18.2013

The year 2013 saw the termination of a contract considered disadvantageous for Romania (the construction of the Transylvania Highway by the US-based Bechtel), as well as the failure to privatize rail more

12.17.2013

Romania’s Transport Ministry has drafted a government emergency ordinance seeking to outlaw the practice of hitchhiking, saying it affects the activity of passenger transport companies, the state more

11.13.2013

A freight truck needs 18 hours to cross Romania from south to north and Bucharest remains disconnected from Europe in terms of infrastructure, says Stefano Arganese, chief executive officer of DHL more

11.12.2013

Romania’s agency for mineral resources ANRM last week approved the increase by 5.44% of the oil transport fee applied by state-run oil transporter Conpet Ploiesti (COTE.RO). more

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