Energy companies OMV Petrom (currently owned by the Austrian oil company OMV) and NewMed Energy Balkan (NewMed Energy, Israel) have signed a contract to drill two wells at the Khan Asparuh block in the Black Sea (off the coast of Bulgaria) for exploration.
According to a letter dated July 7 from Ernest Gortan, Director of the Freight Division of the Slovenian Railways (SŽ-Tovorni promet), the railway’s capacity on the section from the country’s capital Ljubljana to the port city of Koper will be reduced by 50% by the end of this year.
According to the Government of Moldova, on July 11, the request of the state-owned company Compania Nationala Administratia Porturilor Maritime Constanta (Maritime Ports Administration), which plans to invest more than €24 million in the development of infrastructure of the international port of Giurgiulesti (Moldova), was reviewed and approved.
On July 7, 2025, Port Gdansk Eksploatacja S.A. (PGE), a member of the Port of Gdansk Authority SA Capital Group, signed an agreement with the contractor Premium Quality Care for the construction of a large warehouse on the Szczecin waterfront. This is the first stage of the large-scale Gdansk Agro Terminal (GAT) project, a…… Read more »
In late June, Rail Baltic Estonia announced that it had signed a contract with the Estonian engineering company AllSpark OÜ to design a railway connection between the port of Muuga and the main line of Rail Baltica. The deal is worth almost €2.9 million.
On July 3, the European Commission announced the allocation of €2.8 billion to finance 94 infrastructure projects under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) program through the 2024 call for proposals. The largest share of investments – about 77% of the total budget – will be directed to the development of railway infrastructure
According to PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe (PKP PLK), an agreement has been signed with the contractor Torpol and the Police Seaport Authority for the construction of railway line No. 437 and a siding to the Police seaport, located on the western bank of the Oder River near the Gulf of Szczecin.
The Austrian Federal Ministry for Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure announced that two X534 motor tower cars have been transferred to Ukrzaliznytsia for the construction and maintenance of European railway tracks. They were officially handed over by Minister Peter Hanke to the Ukrainian Ambassador to Austria, Vasyl Khymynets, last Wednesday.
On July 1, a new covered warehouse with an area of 4,000 square meters will start operating at the Mostyska Dry Port Container Terminal. The facility is divided into two separate warehouses, which significantly increases the capacity for storing and transshipping bulk cargo, including meal, grain, fertilizers in big bags, etc.
The Moldovan Railways (Calea Ferata din Moldova) has carried out major and medium repairs on the Cainari – Zloti section. In particular, more than 60 turnouts were replaced, and tracks were reconstructed at Causeni, Zaim, Zloti, Cainari, and Cimislia stations. Bridges and pipelines are being repaired.