PLANCOAST
COSTANTZA HARBOR
DEVELOPMENT
MASTER PLAN
speaker: Nicoleta DOGARU
Head of Development Department
National Company “Maritime Ports
Administration ” SA Constantza
Constantza, ROMANIA
31st May 2007
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Port of Constantza – short overview
Largest and deepest port at the Black Sea
•Total surface: 3,926 ha;
•156 berths (out of which 140 operational berths);
•Quay length - almost 30 km;
•Length of breakwaters (north+south) – 14 km;
•Total handling capacity – over 120 million tons/year;
•Natural water depths between 8 and 18.5 m;
•Safe port;
•Port complying with the ISPS Code and the EU security regulation
in force;
•Friendly environmentally management;
•Free port status starting with January 2007.
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Port of Constantza – short overview
Constantza Port geographical position& connections
Pan European Transport Corridor no. VII – the
Danube
Pan European Transport Corridor no. IV (railroad)
Corridor no.
IV
-rail and
road-
Pan European Transport Corridor no. IX (road)
TRACECA Corridor
Corridor no. VII
Corridor no.
IX
- Danube-
-road-
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Port of Constantza – short overview
Traffic data
2006
Total traffic
(thousand tonnes)
First quarter of 2007
57,138
Transit
12,846
Import
20,466
Export
15,820
Cabotage
Total traffic
(thousand tonnes)
14,323
Transit
3,829
Import
5,260
Export
3,273
Cabotage
1,959
8,006
transit
transit
import
import
export
export
cabotage
cabotage
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Port of Constantza – short overview
Traffic data - containers
First quarter of 2007 (TEUs)
2006 (TEUs)
Unloaded
525,211
Unloaded
147,126
- full
372,802
- full
103,342
- empty
152,409
- empty
43,784
Loaded
511,857
Loaded
150,861
- empty
316,995
- empty
51,905
- loaded
194,862
- loaded
98,926
TOTAL
1,037,068
TOTAL
297,987
530000
151000
525000
150000
149000
520000
515000
510000
unloaded
148000
unloaded
loaded
147000
loaded
146000
145000
505000
unloaded
loaded
unloaded
loaded
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Port of Constantza – Developments
Master Plan, Development Strategy (2020) &
Short Term Development Plan (2013)
The Master Plan, the Development Strategy of Constantza Port for the period up to
2020, and the Feasibility Study on the projects to be developed in the Short Term
Development Plan for the period up to 2013, have been drawn up by the Japan
International Cooperation Agency during 2001 – 2002.
The projects comprised by the Master Plan, Short Term Development Plan and
Feasibility Study are related to:
-Traffic demand
-Improvement of the port
operation
-Improvement of the port
access
Roads connection
Waterway
connection
Railways connection
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Port of Constantza – Developments
Projects related to the traffic demand
- specialized dedicated terminals -
Pier
III
Pier
IV
 Pier III S Infrastructure
- By completing this infrastructure, a specialized terminal will
be achieved (new container terminal), which will assure
accommodation of big tonnage capacity vessels
- Reclaiming land into the sea (aprox. 35 ha)
- Estimated cost of the project EUR 67 millions
NC MPA SA Constantza intends to promote the project for a
Public Private Partnership.
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Port of Constantza – Developments
Projects related to the traffic demand
- specialized dedicated terminals -
Pier
III
Pier
IV
 Pier IV S Infrastructure - Three Stages
-By building this infrastructure in 3 phases we create the
possibility of development of new specialized terminals,
providing big depths for large vessels
-Phase I: 35 ha = EUR 118 millions
-Phase II: 55 ha = EUR 155 millions
Pier IV
-Phase III: 70 ha = EUR 140 millions
NC MPA SA Constantza shall promote the project for
financing.
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Port of Constantza – Developments
Projects related to the traffic demand
- specialized dedicated terminals -
 Container Terminal on Pier 2S – Stage 3
- Increasing the handling capacity up to 2,000,000 TEU`s/year
in the next two years
- The project will be completed by the present operator CSCTDP World, from its own sources.
New Container Terminal
on Pier II South –CSCT-
Constantza Port,
the biggest
container hub in
the Black Sea
region
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Port of Constantza – Developments
Projects related to the improvement of
Port Operation
 Extension by 1 km of the North Breakwater
- Improving the exploitation conditions by diminishing wave
stirring in the port basins, improving navigation safety and
reducing destructive effects of waves over existing
arrangements in the port basins
- The Feasibility Study & Technical Design were drawn up by SC
IPTANA in 2002; SC IPTANA SA completed revision of Project Cost
and TECHINCAL DESIGN in April 2007.
-Estimated value of Feasibility Study is EUR 120 millions.
NC MPA SA Constantza proposed the project for SOP-T 2007-2013
financing.
Completion
of the north
breakwater
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Port of Constantza – Developments
Projects related to the improvement of
Port Access - Roads Connection
 Road Bridge over the Danube-Black Sea
Canal km 0+540
- it is a necessity due to the possibility of connecting
with Bucharest-Constantza Highway through the bypass financed by EBRD
- providing a better connection of the South area of
the port with the national roads network
-Estimated cost is EUR 28.8 millions.
NC MPA SA Constantza proposed the project for
SOP-T 2007-2013 financing.
 Road Bridge over the link canal
- construction of a steel road bridge with unitary span of
105 m, which will link the river-maritime area and the
artificial island
- it is a priority in order to achieve territories and the
future development of the artificial island
-Estimated cost of the Feasibility study is EUR 31 millions.
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Port of Constantza – Developments
Projects related to the improvement of
Port Access - Waterway Connection
 Development of a barge terminal
The barge
terminal
Stage I
The barge
terminal
Stage II
- The necessity of this investment was generated by:
- the increase of the river traffic in the Port of
Constantza - hence the need to ensure adequate facilities
mainly dedicated to river convoys accommodation and
formation
- the need to streamline the navigation in the rivermaritime sector of the port.
- improvement of the inland waterway transport (IWT)
infrastructure in the port is of strategically importance for
the Port of Constantza
- Estimated cost of first stage (in progress) is EUR 24 millions.
Financed by a non-sovereign loan from EBRD (75%) and own
sources of NC MPA SA Constantza.
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Port of Constantza – Developments
Projects related to the improvement of
Port Access - Railways Connection
Development of the
railway capacity in the
river-maritime area
 Extension of railway system in the river-maritime area
of Constantza Port
- necessity:
improvement of railway operations in the rivermaritime area by building of a systematized railway
complex
- In the first stage railway lines shall be created, in
order to attend the actual operators and their 2020
traffic forecast.
-Estimated cost of first stage Feasibility Study is EUR 15 millions.
NC MPA SA Constantza proposed the project for SOP-T
2007-2013 financing.
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Port of Constantza – Developments
Other projects
 Consolidation, stabilization and arrangement of
Constantza Port`s Shore
- Necessity:
- this project is a priority considering the need
of ISPS compliance
- the investment for the city seashore is
conducted on the basis of a protocol between NC
MPA SA Constantza and Constantza Municipality,
so that a unitary development of city architecture is
achieved
- Estimated cost of first stage Feasibility Study is EUR 13.4
millions.
NC MPA SA Constantza promoted for financing this
project to Romanian Ministry of Transport.
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COSTANTZA HARBOR
DEVELOPMENT MASTER
PLAN
Thank you for your attention
NC MPA SA Constantza
31st May 2007
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