Constantza Port strengthens links with Central Asia
On 15 June, the National Company “Maritime Ports Administration” SA Constantza and the Association “Trans-Caspian International Transport Route” from Kazakhstan in Astana have signed a protocol of cooperation with the purpose of affiliation of CN APM to the international association as a member. The approach is part of the strategy of National Company “Maritime Ports Administration” SA Constantza to increase the traffic of goods by developing links with Central Asia, an important point of origin and consumption of European goods, but especially a turnaround between China, India and Iran, on the one hand, and the European Union, on the other.
The Port of Constantza is located at the crossroads of the trade routes linking the markets of the landlocked European countries to Transcaucasus, Central Asia and the Far East. It has excellent connections with the Central and Eastern European countries through the Corridor IV (rail and road), Corridor VII – Danube (inland waterway), to which it is linked by the Danube-Black Sea Canal, and Corridor IX (road), which passes through Bucharest. The two satellite ports Midia and Mangalia that are located not far from Constantza Port are part of the Romanian maritime port system under the coordination of Maritime Ports Administration SA Constantza.