Today we have finalized an essential course that has complemented the skills of the Danube Logistics team at our Oil Terminal with important information on the operation and maintenance of technical installations and technological systems used in oil product storage facilities. Our trainees will be passing an attestation exam to get their operation permits after this course which is mandatory in accordance with art. 19 of Law 151/2022 on the safe operation of industrial objectives and potentially dangerous technical installations as well as the Regulation regarding the attestation of staff working in the field of industrial safety, approved through Government Resolution no. 467/2024.

The course covered aspects of fundamental industrial safety rules for high-risk industrial objects, physico-chemical properties of oil products, organization and operation of oil product storage facilities, safety rules for receiving, transshipment and storage of oil products.

Special attention was paid to the particularities of oil products such as volatility, flammability and chemical stability, the correct handling of products during the transshipment to prevent spills, fires and accidents and the maintenance of pumping stations in optimal condition. A special role in the course was given to the topic of emergency management with a detailed coverage of protective measures and mandatory procedures to prevent incidents.

The practical and interactive approach in the presentation of the course materials provided our trainees with a consistent opportunity to strengthen their professional skills, which are the foundation of the safety of technological processes at our Petroleum Products Terminal at GIFP.

ÎCS Danube Logistics SRL, the general investor and operator of Giurgiulești International Free Port (GIFP), informs that the Environmental Agency of the Republic of Moldova approved the implementation of the planned activity «Completion of the construction works of the general cargo and container terminal quay Phase II of GIFP, Giurgiulești village, Cahul district». While Phase I of the GIFP quay project, the general cargo and container terminal, is operated at full capacity, the second phase will add another 70 m of quay wall as foreseen in the original port project in order to remove impediments of navigation and increase the transshipment capacity of the port.

Environmental Authorization no. 10/2296 issued by the Environmental Agency on 04.03.2025 is available here.

Yesterday, 5 December 2024, the Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development Vladimir Bolea visited GIFP accompanied by the State Secretary for Transport Mircea Păscăluță, the Head of Naval Agency Igor Zaharia, and several representatives of the Ministry and the Naval Agency.

During the visit, Danube Logistics’ general director Mathias von Tucher and deputy general director Ala Aydov discussed with Minister Vladimir Bolea opportunities and challenges of the future development and covered several important topics. Danube Logistics management reiterated the necessity to ensure the efficiency of road and railway connections to the port and pointed out the importance of finalizing the M3 road construction and the repair of the railway section at the village of Văleni. Also, Danube Logistics presented the future investment plans with the aim to increase the handling capacity of cargo.

Minister Vladimir Bolea emphasized the important role of the port for securing the trade flows of essential goods to and from Moldova. The participants agreed that it is the objective to further strengthen and develop the port in order to increase the efficiency of the access to seaborne and inland shipping facilitating the trade of Moldovan importers and exporters.

Photo credit: Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development