SHIP TRANSPORT – Constantza Port Administration Might Become an Authority
Mironescu, former head of CNAPM Constanta during 1999-2001, says that creating a Port Authority will significantly improve Constanta’s day-to-day business, through a more efficient management. ”I’m not reinventing the wheel. This project was put forward in the past, but never applied because of indolence or lack of interest. A Port...
Road Transport – TO TAX OR NOT TO TAX?
Popescu Tariceanu entered the scene, explaining the ”one Euro toll“ as a method for keeping horse wagons out of the motorways. But just as the things seemed to be clear, the interim President put the toll back on shaky grounds: ”The Bucharest-Pitesti highway must be completely reworked and we can’t...
CFR Marfa undergoes restructuring in hope of a quick privatisation
Worried that CFR Marfa will turn into a huge pile of scrap iron if the state continues to manage it, Radu Berceanu, minister of Transports and Infrastructure, wants to sell the company as soon as possible. ”I’d rather have the privatisation at the end of the year. We will start...
Six ways to save road transport
The hearing has attracted about 100 representatives from European road haulage associations, the Commission, the European Parliament and the European Investment Bank with the aim to collect first-hand information from stakeholders on the effects of the recession and to identify ways forward. ”The road transport sector is the most important...
SOLUTIONS FOR OVER-SUPPLY IN TRANSPORT SERVICES
The sector’s representatives provided us with an insight. Firstly, the main effect of the high capacity of transport is a continuous decrease in the price asked for transport services. ”The only ones who will manage to cross this period will be those carriers who have solid contracts and proved thoroughness...
EU MONEY NOT ENOUGH FOR MOTORWAYS
In order to make more with less money, the minister announced that motorway sections considered ”very complicated and very expensive“ will be built by private entrepreneurs, who will then manage both the sections built and some of the ones already in place, in order to recover their investment through road...
UNIQUE AIRPORT COMPANY FOR ARAD AND TIMISOARA
The so-called Banat Airport Company would eliminate the current competition between Arad and Timisoara. ”It is a problem that the two airports are so close. Their competition is having an adverse impact on both sides,“ Berceanu said. According to the minister, when a highway will link Arad and Timisoara, the...
US LAWMAKERS ARE SET TO RETHINK THE CONTROVERSIAL CONTAINER SCANNING
For example, the cost of a single equipment set is of 8 million dollars. Or, worldwide, 2.100 similar sets might be needed, installed in 700 ports. The solution of scanning the containers was part of the set of measures to ensure a better safety, following to the 11/09/2001 events. Unfortunately,...
THE SERVICE SECTOR – ECONOMIC ENGINE HINDERED BY THE INFRASTRUCTURE FAULTS
Yet, the sector cannot be fully developed without an appropriate infrastructure that can support further expansions of the tertiary sector of the economy. As far as Romania is concerned, the active population in the service sector is of a mere 51% (well below the 70% of more developed countries). When...
La alegerea unui camion – Reteaua de service bate renumele marcii
Cei care sunt interesati de afacere cauta sa achizitioneze camioanele cele mai fiabile si convenabile in raportul calitate/pret. Pentru a vedea care sunt cele mai bine cotate marci producatoare de camioane am intrebat cativa mari transportatori despre preferintele lor. Cei mai multi sustin ca inainte de a decide sa achizitioneze...
