News about Transportation
The Maritime Agency of the Republic of Moldova will get new powers to assess and manage risks of foreign vessels. This is provided for by a package of changes aimed at harmonizing national regulations with EU standards.
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development has developed a draft order providing for the approval of a national standard, based on the European standard, for direct remote identification of drones.
In April, the volume of Ukrainian grain shipments by rail to Poland and Romania almost halved. Whereas railroad deliveries of grain from Ukraine to Hungary remained at a stable high level. This was discussed during an online meeting between representatives of Ukrzaliznytsia JSC and participants of the agricultural market.
The state-owned enterprise Railways of Moldova resumed traffic on an important section of the Cahul-Giurgiulesti line, which provides access to a strategic port in southern Moldova. At the end of April, the company conducted test runs on the restored section near the village of Valeni.
Over 30 million euros from non-refundable European funds within the framework of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) will be directed to the construction of a new border crossing point Ungheni (Moldova)-Ungheni (Iasi county, Romania).
The increase in metro fares will not take effect from May 1. On April 29, Radu Mirutse, Romania’s acting transport minister, signed an order suspending the fare hike measure for 60 days.
Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu will pay a working visit to Dubrovnik, Croatia, where he will participate in the 11th summit of the Three Seas Initiative (3SI). In parallel with the official program, closed sessions will be held with the participation of a limited number of investors and key decision makers from the region and beyond.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu, who is in Kiev, has spoken in favor of the earliest possible official opening of negotiations on Moldova’s and Ukraine’s membership in the European Union. At a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, she emphasized that both Chisinau and Kiev had fully met all the necessary conditions for the transition to this stage.
The sale of tickets for women’s compartments in trains No. 7 Kharkiv – Odessa, No. 12 Lviv – Odessa, No. 92 Lviv – Kiev with departure from May 1 has already been opened, writes the Ukrainian “Economic Pravda”.
The National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) has set new maximum fuel prices that will be in effect from April 25-27.
The war in Iran has many facets. The world economy is cracking at the seams due to rising prices for energy, fertilizers, food – and on down the chain.
From May 1, 2026, the fare in the Bucharest metro will cost 7 Romanian lei instead of the current 5 lei. The 40% increase in price is explained by the rise in electricity prices.
The Romanian National Company for Road Construction Investments (CNIR) announced the award of a contract for the design and construction of the 4th section of the Târgu-Mureş-Iaşi-Ungheni highway (A8). These are the last kilometers of the highway to be built on the territory of Romania, as well as the first section of the highway that will cross the Prut River and go five kilometers through the territory of the Republic of Moldova.
From April 26, direct flights between Chisinau and Madrid will be launched. The launch of direct flights was one of the topics of the meeting between Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu and Spanish Ambassador Jose Antonio Hernandez Perez-Solozarno.
With the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz by the United States and Iran, shipping companies are looking to expand their capacity, especially in the ultra-large crude oil tanker (VLCC) segment, which can carry about 2 million barrels of oil per voyage.
Emergency Situations Department (ESD) head Raed Arafat announced on Tuesday that he has been charged with complicity in smuggling in connection with the replacement of a helicopter that crashed in 2016 in Moldova.
Romanian Transport and Infrastructure Minister Ciprian Sherban announced on Tuesday that Romania has completed the acquisition of Giurgiulesti port operator ICS Danube Logistics through the national company Constanta Seaport Administration SA, a “strategic investment for our country with regional and European perspectives.”
A Greek company that deals with maritime risk management has warned that some shipping companies have received fraudulent messages from unknown individuals posing as Iranian authorities. The messages offer safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for cryptocurrency.
For the first quarter of 2026, Ukrainian ports fulfilled the transshipment plan by 98% – more than 21 million tons of cargo.
US President Donald Trump accused Iran of violating the terms of the ceasefire and again threatened Tehran with the destruction of the country’s critical infrastructure, including bridges and power plants. Iranian authorities, in turn, accused the United States of violating the truce after the U.S. military seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman.
