DP World has opened three major new sites in Romania providing a significant boost to the country’s growing status as a key hub of European trade and enabling economic growth throughout the region the largest container port on the Black Sea is now home to two new facilities: a 5-hectare project cargo terminal for heavy and a new roro terminal that will handle up to 80,000 vehicles per year at its peak DP World’s third new facility opening is in Aiud which is now home to a new 8-hectare intermodal logistics hub connecting rail and road A further US$54M will be invested in a multi-transport platform in Constanta that will open in 2025 The new facilities will improve the connectivity between DP World’s existing sea barge and truck services across Romania and will enhance the movement of goods between mainland Europe through to the Black The latest infrastructure projects were announced as DP World marks the 20th anniversary of its investment in Romania; the first European country in which it expanded The business has since grown its operation considerably contributing to the impressive growth of the port Romania has also developed rapidly and is now Eastern Europe’s second-largest economy after Poland DP World Europe chief executive and managing director Rashid Abdulla who started his career as manager for Constanta in 2004 “Romania is a dynamic economy and well positioned to benefit from the rise in nearshoring and manufacturing DP World looks forward to building on our long-standing relationship with Romania and to deploying our latest investments to support Romania as it plays an increasingly important role in trade and economic growth in the region.”   DP World Romania chief executive Cosmin Carstea said “DP World’s latest investments in Romania will increase the cargo flows by around 2M tonnes per annum through the country DP World in Constanta will significantly strengthen its position as one of the most important container and roro hubs in Central and Eastern Europe we also plan to open a centre of excellence for services in the Balkans to facilitate trade for the countries around Romania.”  Sign up for Riviera’s series of technical and operational webinars and conferences: In his sermon for the Sunday of the Holy Cross the Archbishop of Alba Iulia explained that “our Saviour Jesus Christ calls us today to take up our cross and follow Him on the narrow path of tribulations and sufferings.” The Archbishop noted that “taking up the cross begins with denying oneself and stripping oneself of the old self “Bearers of the cross are all those who humbly serve God and people always ready to sacrifice themselves for the sake of others,” the hierarch concluded emphasized the academic importance and the spiritual role of the symposium on martyrology held in honor of Archimandrite Ioan Iovan and thanked Abp Organized under the title “Spiritual biographies and political repression in communist Romania Centenary of the birth of Father Ioan Iovan (1922-2022)” at the Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Alba Iulia On the eve of the conclave that will begin on Wednesday to elect a new Pope The annual graduation ceremony of the Patriarchal Toronto Orthodox Theological Academy (PTOTA) was held at the Cultural Centre of.. 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(function() { window.mc4wp = window.mc4wp || { listeners: [] cb) { window.mc4wp.listeners.push( { event : evt callback: cb } ); } } }})(); © 2023 OrthodoxTimes.com - All rights reserved Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website These cookies do not store any personal information Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website one of the largest port operators globally announces the inauguration of the new multimodal terminal in Aiud thus marking both a significant expansion of its investments in Romania and two decades of operation on the Romanian market which absorbed a budget of 21 million euros joins the company’s series of strategic investments strengthening Romania’s position as a central hub in Europe’s transport and logistics network has a total surface of 8.2 hectares and is designed to handle a cargo volume of 50,000 TEU per year but also the extended connectivity between the Port of Constanta and the markets of Central and Eastern Europe “Aiud’s investment underlines our long-term commitment to expanding our local footprint it represents a major step in our strategy to support supply chain efficiency for our customers offering integrated logistics solutions that efficiently connect Romania with the Europe’s main maritime and inland corridors” CEO and Managing Director of DP World Europe In addition to standard container handling and storage services the new terminal in Aiud also offers customs services an aspect that improves the logistics process for customers allowing a faster and more efficient management of imported or exported goods benefiting from a 2.8 km rail link and 2.5 km internal rail shunts which facilitate access and efficient handling of goods transported by rail the terminal also offers night rail transport services on the route Constanta – Aiud The new terminal will be connected to the maritime one in Constanta with a regular rail transport service and the operated trains will have as their destination or origin all the major hubs in Europe DP World has invested over 250 million euros in Romania highlighting the continued growth and development of its facilities DP World aims to expand its activities and services thus strengthening its leading position in the logistics and port sector in Central and Eastern Europe DP World has announced that the construction of its new terminal in Aiud The company first announced the new project in May the 82,000 square-metre intermodal terminal will link an area that contributes 50 per cent of Romania’s industrial GDP directly with rail connections across Europe and all the way to China DP World’s new terminal will have a storage capacity of 3,000 TEU and create direct links to key export markets – including Constanta port “We are very pleased to have reached this significant milestone in the construction of this multimodal terminal which will be a big step in helping DP World become an end-to-end logistics provider in Romania,” said Cosmin Carstea “As it is situated in Romania’s industrial heartland when completed our Aiud terminal will provide exporters and importers in the wider area with direct access to a major transport hub robust and reliable trade routes to the whole country and beyond.” The Aiud terminal will also help reduce transportation costs and CO2 emissions through its on-site connection to the electrified rail infrastructure The new facility will enable Romania to become a commercial hub for European trade eastward Businesses in the region will have a fast direct connection within Europe to the Black Sea while also having rail links to major hubs in Central Asia and China “Our purpose is to make trade flow,” added Rashid Abdulla “The development of this vast new facility in Aiud is a strong example of DP World’s ability to provide new trading opportunities that connect cargo owners with their customers whatever their products and wherever they are in the world.” Earlier this month, DP World announced works have started to build a fourth berth at its London Gateway smart logistics hub The £350 million ($387 million) project builds on DP World’s £2 billion ($2.2 billion) investment in Britain’s supply chain over the last decade Kalmar has completed a repair project for a ship-to-shore (STS) crane leg at the Nhava The Port of Rotterdam Authority has introduced Carbonbid a sustainability initiative that allows companies to Arkas Line has added a second company-owned vessel to the USA Express Service (USX) Moller—Maersk (Maersk) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT) Chittagong the first privately-owned container terminal in Bangladesh DP World is set to implement OneStop Modal and the OneStop Vehicle Booking System (VBS) Solar project developer and asset owner Photon Energy Group has completed two solar PV projects in Romania with a combined capacity of 9.5MWp Located near Aiud and Teiuș in Romania’s Alba county the power plants are equipped with about 8,700 solar modules each With bifacial solar modules mounted on single-axis trackers the plants will deliver a combined capacity of 13.9GWh annually to the grid managed by Distribuție Energie Electrică Romania Photon Energy will sell the energy generated by the plants on a merchant basis without any support or power purchase agreement with an energy off-taker it expects the plants to generate a combined €2 million (US$2.19 million) in revenue based on the current forward prices for electricity base load in Romania in the next 12 months “Following the energisation of our first four plants in Romania the commissioning of the power plants in Aiud and Teiuș represents another important milestone for Photon Energy in the Romanian renewable energy market where we plan to commission an additional capacity of around 10MWp expanding our independent power producer (IPP) portfolio to over 120MWp in the coming weeks,” said Georg Hotar the Photon Energy Group is developing utility-scale solar PV projects with a combined capacity of over 950MWp in Australia and its key central and eastern Europe markets The remaining Romanian projects in the development pipeline are expected to be built and commissioned in 2023 and 2024.  In March, Photon Energy Group closed a €21.9 million non-recourse project refinancing agreement for eight power plants in Romania with a total installed capacity of 31.5MWp closed with Raiffeisen Bank International in Austria was the company’s first project financing of European PV assets that operated on a merchant basis selling energy to a market without a power purchase agreement (PPA) or 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Try to sign in again and use the "Forgot Password" button If you have any questions please contact us Drug smugglers have to be inventive in order to get their goods past customs and have disguised shipments in all forms of containerized cargo - machinery But Romania's customs police appear to have found something different: they have seized an unknown quantity of cocaine hidden in 71 barrels of frozen fruit products. This would be unexceptional except that the cocaine is mixed with 16 tonnes of fruit pulp It will take time to determine how much of the pulp is cocaine but the authorities believe that it may be a new record.  "The experience of other agencies and other states that have faced such situations lead us to believe that there can be a drug concentration of between five and 20% contained and concealed in such products," said Eduard Miri?escu first deputy of the General Inspector of the Romanian Police The cargo arrived at the Port of Constanta and was shipped to Aiud where the pulp was moved into a refrigerated truck The final destination for most of the cargo was in the Netherlands - a hub for cocaine distribution in the EU - but it was intercepted by the Romanian authorities first The nation's customs enforcement agency also found four barrels and 88 boxes of similar frozen fruit product stored at a warehouse in Aiud.  were arrested in connection with the seizure They face a court hearing in Constanta on possible pre-trial detention.  The EU has a thriving and profitable cocaine market EU nations reported 84,000 seizures totaling 323 tonnes - a record amount for the sixth year in a row Massive quantities of the drug flow through Rotterdam and seizure volumes have risen in parallel: last year authorities in the Antwerp-Brugges port region alone seized more than 120 tonnes about one third of all cocaine seized in Europe smugglers have begun looking for smaller ports to use in order to evade detection according to EU authorities - regional ports like Constanta.  Over 2,000 pupils from the three secondary schools in Ciorogârla, Apața and Aiud will have something to read for a long time to come. Besides the over 1,200 new books, the schools were donated library furniture, too. “The three schools are in localities in which AKTOR has carried out or is carrying out infrastructure projects These are Ciorogârla where we will complete Lot 3 of the A0 South Highway in the spring where AKTOR is drilling the longest railway tunnels in Romania where we completed Lot 2 of the A10 Sebeș-Turda Highway We have created and are creating infrastructure now we are offering the little ones the chance to read and learn new things to develop intellectually and become educated adults I want to emphasize that all the books are new the titles being selected in accordance with the pedagogical recommendations for the students’ age,” explained Antonis Kyriakos   the schools also received bookcases and poufs FNaP ProEDU and Arthur Publishing House offered students from Secondary School No 1 in Ciorogârla a workshop entitled “How a Book is Born” author of the book “Stories from the Santa Claus’ Path” published by Arthur Publishing House which many children will enjoy from now on The purchase of a book represents a financial effort for many families so this donation compensates for a chronic lack We are grateful for this gesture that is so beautiful and so useful for our children” “We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for everything you have sent us director of the “Apaczai Csere Janos” Secondary School in Apața you have given us the opportunity to have a library with state-of-the-art books selected works by Arthur Publishing House and other publishers that our students would never have been able to buy and which they now enjoy thanks to you You have fulfilled a dream of mine and the children of this school to have something to read in the school premises This is thanks to people who also think about poor children “You have no idea how much joy you have brought to our souls and I’m not just saying this for the sake of saying it,” said Rusanda Dingă librarian at the “Ovidiu Hulea” Secondary School in Aiud We use cookies for keeping our website reliable and secure providing social media features and to analyse how our website is used DP World has announced the construction of a new multimodal terminal connecting Romania’s industrial heartland to European and Asian trade hubs According to a statement released by DP World the Aiud intermodal terminal will boast a static storage capacity of 3,000 TEU and is expected to become operational in the first half of next year Through its on-site connection to the electrified rail infrastructure, it will also help reduce CO2 emissions and transportation costs through the shift from road to rail The inland terminal and logistics hub will be built in Decea near the city of Aiud in the northeast of Romania an industrial heartland where 50 per cent of the country’s GDP is sourced As regions in Northern Romania have become vital industrial and trade hubs for the country the new multimodal terminal will function as gateway to strengthen connections with the rest of the country Aiud terminal is set to secure a fast direct link from Europe to major hubs in Central Asia and China enabling Romania to become a commercial hub for European trade eastward and effectively expanding the country’s role in global trade “The benefits offered to the import and export supply chains will have a significant and positive impact across the country with the terminal offering efficient robust and reliable trade routes across borders,” said Cosmin Carstea “The vast number of businesses in the area will now have a logistics hub within easy reach that will then enable the flow of trade across the globe.” In the first three months of 2022, DP World handled a total of 19.3 million TEU across its global portfolio of container terminals The sum represents a 1.7 per cent increase in the company’s container volumes on a reported basis and a 1.9 per cent rise on a like-for-like basis “I invested EUR 200,000 in a big enough building which used to be the canteen of the metallurgical enterprise in Aiud We turned it into an event hall with a capacity of 400 people which prompted us to start our catering activity We started by delivering wrapped food for the employees of nearby factories.” The businesswoman starts her story she saw the opportunity to expand her business and started to deliver food for different events such as weddings The experience gained in this activity brought her new opportunities Because for Adriana it’s extremely important to support local producers “We work with dairies and meat processors from our area we work with all local producers.” She adds over 150 employees work for Georgia Catering having a contract for vocational dual schools “It’s hard enough to find good specialized employees this is why we choose to be a training center for an important local high school and we also have a contract for vocational dual schools We finance the dual schools for internships in collaboration with the Aiud ‘Bethlen Gabor’ highschool Now we are in the first year of the dual school first generation and those who are interns today will finish their studies in 2 years.” Adriana Duna explains and a unique project we launched last year is the “La Conac” restaurant in Alba Iulia It’s a new project which turned 1 year on August 31 with photos of the Romanian nobility of that era The third saloon is dedicated to Queen Maria and it showcases a rich collection of stories and images of women who shaped the Romanian history The terrace is also decorated in Interwar fashion while the mansion’s shed that can hold 150 people has an impressive collection of traditional items from Romanian rural homesteads some of them 200 years old.” Adriana continues her story “As we expanded and diversified our activity We were helped a lot by the financing programs we accessed we wouldn’t have been able to expand and we couldn’t maintain such a large production especially after expanding our geographic range working with the biggest hypermarket chains in 3 different counties.” The entrepreneur explains The company has contracts with the majority of schools “We took over the cafeterias and opened work points in Deva we received the 1st place award in our category in the Top of Companies an event organized by the Alba Iulia Chamber of Commerce and Industry.” Also the company has been handed the “Best of Business” award being acknowledged as one of the most important employers and Romanian capital investors in the region was born from her desire of bringing together the Transylvanian cuisine “People are impressed by the beautiful stories we unearthed Such is the story of ‘Lady Florence Baker’ the famous explorer who discovered Lake Albert and the headwaters of the Nile This wonderful woman is actually Florica Maria Sas orphaned at 9 years old and sold to an Ottoman harem On the day she was supposed to be sold in the slave market of Vidin who fell in love with her.” The businesswoman tells us passionately “This strong-hearted woman represents a model of courage and thanks to her education she won the sympathy of the African natives Together with her husband she advocated for the abolition of slavery and were extremely well known and respected worldwide.” She adds the businesswoman decided to register the brand “Lady Florence Baker” and translated the book dedicated to explorer by Pat Shippman (former president of the American Anthropological Association) a book which will be launched on March 8th I hope to bring together all Romanian producers who want to promote their goods.” She concludes The underground rapid transit lines have been under construction for almost two decades due to various project delays The cross pinnacle on the Tower of Jesus Christ will be ready to receive visitors in 2026 on the centennial of Gaudi’s death Now you can get your wine in Talence by paying directly in Bitcoin That’s because the state has to spend money on updating the railway infrastructure rather than subsidizing the cost of the popular pass Steffen Romstöck said that he would respect the residents’ choice and would take over the helm of the municipality which will come into force from 1 January 2025 Rethinking renewable energy sources for the urban landscape But operating them is still illegal under the country’s legislation can inform and inspire communities and entrepreneurs that still feel trepidation at the prospect of energy transition it has a unique modular design that allows it to be shortened and lengthened like a train that’s the promise made by the mayor of Paris the district has long been known as the hangout spot for the artsy crowds Hostal de Pinós is located in the geographical centre of the autonomous region the ranking considers several distinct but essential factors these quiet areas will now be available on all main routes in the country The academic institution shows a deeper understanding of the well-being of its students She began her professional career as a teacher The desire to change the education system brought her to the position of Secretary of State at the Ministry of National Education Iulia Adriana Oana Badea was elected Mayor of Aiud in 2016 thanks to her understanding of the real needs of the community She formed a team dedicated to changing the face of the city On 27 September 2020, Iulia Adriana Oana Badea was re-elected mayor of Aiud.  By offering streamlined supply chain management and enhanced operational efficiency DP World is focusing on meeting customers’ need to reduce costs and accelerate delivery times in a way which gives them transparency at every stage It is also designed to support the greening of companies’ supply chains by enabling the broader use of DP World’s ‘groupage’ offer. Goods are dispatched by different companies into the same load so empty space in trucks, boats, trains and planes can be kept to a minimum, lowering the environmental footprint of each consignment. The role of the European Operational Control Tower in Bucharest will be to coordinate all of the different elements that make up this end-to-end service customs brokerage and multimodal transport It will also develop advanced digital platforms that allow for real-time management predictive analytics and seamless communication The choice of Bucharest reflects Romania’s strategic position geographically and DP World’s strong position in the country The company already operates the Port of Constanța which serves as a gateway for shipments coming from Asia and provides access to the Danube through which goods continue on to the rest of Europe by road and rail Executive Vice President for Eastern Europe DP World said: “This end-to-end service will be transformative both for DP World and our customers in this region By leveraging our extensive capabilities in road we can now take goods all the way from factory floor to customer door – and do it faster It turns DP World into a genuine force in European integrated logistics.” DP World employs more than 25,000 people in over 250 locations and spanning 30 countries We offer customers access to 10 deep sea terminals 150 warehouses and 90 locations connected through our feedering and shortsea network This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Aiud Prison is the 'harshest' in Romania(Image: romania-insider.com)The prison where disgraced social media influencer Andrew Tate is rumoured to be held has “sex rooms” for horny inmates The 36-year-old former kick-boxer is being held in jail for 30 days after he was arrested alongside his brother and their alleged two assistants All four were arrested at Tate’s villa in the Romanian capital Bucharest as part of a rape and sex trafficking operation in the city READ MORE: Grim Covid warning as 'ultra-transmissible' strain dubbed The Kraken sweeps across UK The Tate brothers were arrested last month (December 29) with Romanian officials agreeing to keep the pair locked up for 30 days while an investigation is carried out Prosecutors said: "The four suspects .. appear to have created an organised crime group with the purpose of recruiting housing and exploiting women by forcing them to create pornographic content meant to be seen on specialised websites for a cost they are being held in one of the country's most notorious prisons – Aiud Prison in Transylvania The prison has a history of treating political prisoners in a horrifying way it was reported that more than 4,000 political prisoners were held in what has been dubbed the “largest and harshest prison in Romania” The 19th prison contains sex rooms for prisoners(Image: romania-insider.com)‌READ MORE: Brit blokes seen attending Andrew Tate's 'university' where online sex shows are filmedBut its recent history is a little more actually contains rooms where inmates can have sex – either with each other or with guests who did a photo project on the rooms in 2015 they are either used for two hours on a normal visit or for 48 hours if you get married while in jail He told Vice: “The first time I visited one of these rooms I sat on the bed and filmed from the subjective angle of the inmate and there were noises coming from the hallway but I didn't feel much; I didn't ask myself how many people had used the bed The prison was once the subject of a photo project by a local photographer(Image: Biruitorul/Wikipedia)‌READ MORE: Broke Andrew Tate and his brother used to 'scavenge KFC' and freeze it to survive“It's strange having an intimate room in such a non-intimate space there are two types of visits: There's the one that lasts two hours and is allowed every three months and needs to involve your spouse or proven partner you've got the right to use the room for 48 hours as a type of honeymoon you're entitled to your two hours every month for a year.” It has not officially confirmed if this is the prison Tate is being held in but it is the only one owned by the Government of Romania To get more stories from Daily Star delivered straight to your inbox sign up to one of our free newsletters here .