DP World has signed a loan agreement worth up to €25 million with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to power the electrification of its Constanța South Container Terminal in Romania.
The deal marks the terminal's first dedicated green loan and forms part of a wider €100 million investment programme expected to cut carbon dioxide emissions by more than 6,000 tonnes annually.
The financing combines the EBRD loan with a €19.7 million grant from the European Union's Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility, delivered through the Connecting Europe Facility, along with €7.5 million in support from Romania's Transport Programme 2021 to 2027.
The programme covers two main components. The first, valued at €53.8 million, will build core electrification infrastructure including new electrical networks, transformer facilities, shore power systems for vessels at berth, upgraded access roads and ten electric terminal tractors. The second, worth €46.2 million, will fund electric equipment such as remote operated rubber tyred gantry cranes, two electric mobile harbour cranes and additional electric tractors.
Svitlana Balaban, chief executive of DP World Constanța, said the most competitive ports today are the most sustainable ones, adding that the investment strengthens the terminal's position as the Black Sea's leading green container hub while helping customers build more resilient supply chains.
The move builds on a series of upgrades at Constanța, including a new project cargo and roll on roll off terminal opened in 2024 following a €65 million investment, and a 119,000 square metre multimodal platform completed in December 2025. Together these projects reinforce the terminal's role as a key gateway linking Central Europe, the Black Sea region, Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova.
News Source: Emirates News Agency
