DP World expands Constanța port terminal with new cranes and platform
DP World has expanded its operations in Romania with two new mobile harbour cranes and a 119,000 sqm multimodal terminal platform at Constanța South Container Terminal.
DP World has expanded its operations in Romania with two new mobile harbour cranes and a 119,000 sqm multimodal terminal platform at Constanța South Container Terminal.
Romanian developer One United Properties has signed a preliminary agreement to acquire a 34,800 sqm plot in Constanța, at the entrance to Mamaia resort, from local developer Alezzi Group.
Olympian Parks, owned by Helios Phoenix, has appointed Ana Dumitrache as CEO starting 1st November. The light industrial and logistics platform aims to strengthen its market position and grow towards 500,000 sqm in the medium term by leveraging its existing portfolio and land bank.
Over 119,500 residential units were sold in Romania in the first nine months of 2025, a similar level with that recorded in the same period of 2024 (down only 0.3%), according to a market analysis by SVN Romania and based on official statistics of the National Agency for Cadastre and Land Registration.
Romanian developer Iulius has launched Europe's largest private bioremediation project, investing €29 million to clean 38 hectares of contaminated land in downtown Constanța. The project will transform the former Oil Terminal platform into an integrated urban regeneration complex worth over €800 million.
The total weight of goods transported to/from main ports in the EU by short sea shipping was 1.6 billion tonnes during 2023.
The Romanian residential market experienced a notable downturn in H1 2025, with national home sales decreasing by 3.4% compared to the same period last year. Approximately 74,500 residential units were sold across the country. The Bucharest and Ilfov region, a key market, saw an even steeper decline of 7.9%, with around 25,700 units sold.
Cargo traffic through the Port of Constanța dropped by over 27% in Q1 2025, while traffic via the Danube-Black Sea Canal was approximately 40% lower compared to the same period last year.
Engie Romania has announced the acquisition of a 54 MW wind farm project in Mereni, Constanța. The deal contributes to the company's goal of reaching 1 GW of installed capacity.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is committing up to €30 million to co-finance a major onshore wind farm project in the eastern part of the country, near the Black Sea coast.
Bucharest remains the leader on gross rental yields, while the overall prices in the residential market rose by 14% in 2024, according to a market study by The Concept.
Romanian developer Iulius has comissioned UK-based Foster + Partners architecture studio to work on two projects in Romania.
The Romanian land market totalled around €450 million in 2024, a figure similar to 2023, with the residential sector generating the highest volume of transactions, according to estimates by Colliers Romania.
Bucharest's short-term rental industry is expected to outperform the previous year's level and has already recorded estimated revenues close to €24 million in H1 2024, according to a Crosspoint Real Estate report.
Since 2020, Constanța County has reported an annual collection of over 300,000 tons of waste, while by next year, the amount could exceed 340,000 tons.
Carrefour's hypermarkets offer the widest range of items across the entire network of stores in the retailer's portfolio, with more than 43,000 food and non-food products.
Investments mark 20 years of DP World in Romania, with the business predicting it will become an increasingly important hub for European trade.

Premier Energy has completed its acquisition of a controlling stake in a 158 MW wind farm in Hungary.
The Austrian Post Group has acquired 100% of Hungarian parcel service provider Delivery Solutions Zrt., operating under the brand Sameday Hungary.
CEOs are more confident in their own companies' prospects than they are in the outlook for the global economy, according to the latest EY-Parthenon CEO Outlook Survey, a quarterly survey of 1,200 global CEOs across 21 countries.
PPC Renewables Romania has increased its installed capacity to over 1.5 GW, following additions of approximately 200 MW in 2025.
Government debt as a share of GDP rose in Q3 in both the eurozone to 88.5% from 88.2% in Q2, and in the European Union to 82.1% from 81.9%, according to data published by Eurostat.