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High Performance Green Port
Giurgiu

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- A groundbreaking ceremony with Cities arrived on the site of the logistics
up project has been funded in the the official unveiling of the project center in Giurgiu. Planned completion
framework of the 1st CEF-call by the billboard took place in Giurgiu in is in 2018.
European Union with 85 %. Through summer 2016. At the invitation of the 3
cooperation between one private project partners many representatives The effects of this project will positively
company (ILR Logistica Romania) of public institutions, such as Romanian influence the macro-economic,
and two public companies (Giurgiu Ministry Of Transport, Romanian environmental and social aspects in the
Municipality and S.C. Administratia Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, European Giurgiu-Bucharest-Russe region in the
Zonei Libere Giurgiu) is this EU- Parliament and Council of Danube next years. l
project a flagship project in Danube
port development and a best practice For more information about the project, please visit the following website:
for a brownfield rehabilitation. www.ilr.com.ro/projects/high-performance-green-port-giurgiu.html
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.

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