On-board computers for trucks and buses including digital tachograph
devise and navigation systems for vehicles
Recipient: U.N.T.R.R./SETAR together with Romanian IT company.
Business activities: U.N.T.R.R. is the employers' organisation in the road transport sector. Through SETAR founded by U.N.T.R.R. and the trade union S.T.A.R. Foundation some commercial services for road transport operators and drivers are being carried out.
Purpose of the project: Improve transport operations, harmonise with international practises and standards, increase safety.
Improve tracing and tracking of trucks for better planning, discourage truck jacking, and improve safety.
Possible Dutch partners: Suppliers of on board computers and navigation systems service providers.
Hardware: Onboard computers and navigation systems.
Technical assistance: Training in maintenance and repair of the equipment, training in effective application.
Possible results: Pilot and later wider use of the systems by the professional road hauliers. Improvement of route planning and road safety.
Business environment: In Romania there is a basis for the use of modern telecommunication.
Harmonisation of rules and regulations in public transport in Romania with the EC rules and regulations (PSO pre-accession)
Recipient: RATB Public Transport Company Bucharest and other public transport companies.
Business activities: RATB carries out passenger transport in Bucharest.
Purpose of the project: To give technical assistance and professional advice in order to change public transport regulations at national and municipal level and harmonise with West European (EC) regulations.
Technical assistance: See above under 'Purpose of the project'.
Possible results: Harmonisation of public transport regulations with EC regulations and progress in adoption of 'Acquis Communitaire'.
Business environment: RATB is the sole supplier of public bus and tram transport services in the city of Bucharest. RATB is government owned and self-supporting in repair and maintenance (Equipment and infrastructure). RATB is actively implementing new technologies and very active in international organisations for public transport.
Supply and effective use of rescue equipment for fire brigade/traffic police
Recipient: Fire brigade, traffic police or private companies specialised in rescue operations in traffic.
Business activities: Rescue operations in traffic and transport.
Purpose of the project: Giving assistance in establishing an effective operational system for rescue services in traffic.
Possible Dutch partners: Providers of rescue equipment.
Hardware: Rescue equipment.
Technical assistance: Training; introduction of a system for rescue operations; adaptation of traffic infrastructure and regulations to facilitate rescue operations.
Possible results: Improving traffic safety.
Business environment: The inter-ministerial council for traffic safety is currently together with the World Bank implementing a '112' project. A PSO+ project where a well-known Dutch company would support a Romanian supplier of equipment would be complementary to this project.
Improvement of road and bridges construction technology, materials and equipment
Recipient: Romanian contractors in road and bridge construction.
Business activities: Construction, rehabilitation and maintenance of road and bridge infrastructure.
Purpose of the project: To raise the quality of construction, rehabilitation and maintenance of road and bridge infrastructure by improving technology, construction materials and equipment.
Possible Dutch partners: Equipment suppliers; contractors; engineering companies.
Hardware: Equipment for the infrastructural works.
Technical assistance: Training; innovate technology.
Possible results: More efficient use of the means for construction, rehabilitation and maintenance of road and bridge infrastructure (ISPA funds; EIB; Phare; etc.).
Business environment: The market for construction, rehabilitation and maintenance of road and bridge infrastructure is booming. There are funds available from the ISPA facility; from EIB; from Phare; from World Bank; from EBRD; etc.
Only local contractors are bidding for national works projects. Quality of works will be one of the major issues in the next future.
Improvement conditions for inland shipping over the Danube
Recipient: Ports on the Danube and inland shipping companies.
Purpose of the project: Dredging and improving handling capacities in the Danube ports.
Hardware: Still to be defined.
Possible results: Use of the Danube as an international transport corridor.
Business environment: Presently, no international navigation is possible on the Danube. The Danube still needs to be cleaned from the destroyed bridges nearby Novi Sad in Yugoslavia and dredging is necessary on many spots in the river. Also agreement have to be reached with Bulgaria on use of the Danube. However, the potential of the Danube is enormous.
Setting-up a rail shuttle service between Constanta and Rotterdam
Recipient: CFR Marfa (Rail Freight Company).
Business activities: Transport of cargo by rail.
Purpose of the project: To establish a rail shuttle service linking Constanta with Rotterdam.
Hardware: Integrated information system ERS, CFR Marfa and third parties.
Technical assistance: Development master plan for multimodal transport operations; introduction and development ICT applications.
Possible results: More efficient link between Rotterdam and Constanta (Black Sea) for container transport.
Business environment: There is a market for efficient container transport between Constanta and Rotterdam. Inland waterway transport is still not possible. Transport by sea takes about 10 days. Transport by road is relatively expensive.
Disinfecting station; plants to divide petroleum products from rain water; pyrolytic incinerator for Bucharest Otopeni International Airport
Recipient: National company 'Bucharest Otopeni International Airport'.
Business activities: Integrated package of airport services.
Purpose of the project: To improve the environmental conditions at the Bucharest Otopeni International Airport.
Disinfecting stations
To prevent arising and spreading out of some infectious – contagious diseases due to transport of animals and their related products.
Division plants
To improve the quality of rain water gathered from Bucharest – Otopeni International Airport in order to respect the provisions NTPA – 001/1997, as well as monitoring and maintaining the quality of environment factors in the parameters mentioned by normative documents into force concerning the protection of environment.
Pyrolytic incinerator
To increase the environmental safety of the waste incineration resulting from aerial transport activity and other airport related activities (handling, customs, catering, hangar, commercial activity, etc.) as well as the reduction of the negative impact upon the environment produced by the existing waste incinerator located in the airport technical area.
Hardware: Disinfecting station; plants to divide petroleum products from water; pyrolytic incinerator.
Technical assistance: Installation; training; planning; monitoring.
Possible results: Improvement of the environmental quality at the Otopeni Airport.
Business environment: Bucharest – Otopeni International Airport has obtained Notice of Working from the Agency of Environmental Protection Ilfov county. The Notice has been issued on condition that Bucharest – Otopeni International Airport takes certain measures to improve the environment safety. For this purpose, the company has established a compliance programme with Notices above mentioned.
Once integrated with the environmental management system, this project represents a very important step within the chain of the environmental safety, through the improvement of the environmental quality on the airport.
Noise monitoring systems and solid waste incinerator for Bucharest Baneasa International Airport
Recipient: National Society 'Bucharest Baneasa International Airport SA.
Business activities: Integrated package of airport services.
Purpose of the project: To improve the environmental conditions at the Baneasa International Airport in Bucharest.
Noise monitoring systems
Installation of a set of noise sensors ("monitors") in the vicinity of the airport to be able to monitor noise levels and to detect “noise events”. They will retrieve and store measured acoustic data, which will be automatically processed and reported.
Solid waste incinerator
The main plant would consist of the waste processing plant; the storage bunker; the feeder; the burning furnace; the post-burning chamber and the dust-separator.
The final processing plant would consist of a boiler for the heat recovery; the scrubber for pollution emissions retention; and the chimney for burning gases emission.
Hardware: Noise sensors and solid waste incinerator plants.
Technical assistance: Installation; training; monitoring.
Possible results: Improvement of environmental quality at the Baneasa International Airport in Bucharest.
Business environment: The projects would contribute to compliance with the national law concerning the Environmental Protection and in the purpose of the harmonisation with the EU Environmental Policy.
Bus production plant in Timisoara
Recipient: Ioron Industries.
Business activities: SC Iorom Trading, Bucharest is active in the manufacturing, trade and distribution of spare parts and components for primarily the automotive industry, including Dacia, Raba, Saviem, Ikarus and DAF.
The company is active in International Road Transport as well as in technical inspections, maintenance and repairs of cars and trucks.
The company employs in total 400 people.
Iorom Industries in Timisoara is a subsidiary company as from 1997 and the majority of shares were taken over by SC Iorom Trading in 2000 (78%). Main activities here are: capital and general repairs on trucks, tractors, agricultural machines, technical inspections (RAR), and construction of bodies and parts. Number of employees: 196.
Iorom has 6 spare parts shops in Romania of which 2 in Bucharest.
Iorom also owns two Hotels/Pensions (Comarnic and Eforie Nord)
Purpose of the project: Production of buses for public transport
Hardware: Manufacturing equipment. Prototype in CKD
Technical assistance: Quality control during production process.
Possible results: Production of high quality buses for public transport.
Business environment: The market need for public transport buses is estimated at 400 per year. In the next 1 to 1.5 years, 50 buses will be needed in Timisoara. Iorom Industries is willing to invest and is looking for a Dutch partner.
Manufacturing of steel components for the shipbuilding industry including components for dredging vessels
Recipient: Dutch-Romanian Marine Consultants BV (DRMC); the former Thorexim.
Business activities: Productive a commercial activity related with the shipbuilding industry.
Purpose of the project: To manufacture steel components for the shipbuilding industry including components for dredging vessels.
Hardware: Production equipment.
Technical assistance: Business planning in increasing the local production of components for the shipbuilding industry.
Possible results: Increasing Romania's capability in producing steel components. Develop Romanian dredging capacity (Danube).
Business environment: The shipbuilding industry in Romania is very strong and has a good international reputation. Damen Shipyards Group are the main owners of Santierul Naval Galati Shipyard. Romania is also exporting ships and vessels to member states of the European Union (including the Netherlands).
The Danube needs dredging on many places.
Construction of rescue boats for the port of Constanta and small fishing boats (shrimps vessels) of 50 tonnes
Recipient: Dutch-Romanian Marine Consultants BV (DRMC).
Business activities: Productive and commercial activities related with the shipbuilding industry.
Purpose of the project: Construction of rescue boats and shrimps vessels for the international market.
Hardware: Equipment and/or construction projects for components.
Technical assistance: Project implementation.
Possible results: New production line for rescue boats and shrimps vessels.
Business environment: The shipbuilding industry in Romania has a good reputation and meets international quality standards. There is growing market for the mentioned kind of ships and vessels.
Establishing an off shore company with tug boats in Constanta
Recipient: Romanian off shore company in Constanta.
Business activities: Activities related with tugboat operations in the harbour area of Constanta.
Purpose of the project: Assistance in the establishing of an off shore company; production of tanks and provision of navigation and computer equipment.
Hardware: Navigation and computer equipment.
Technical assistance: Assistance in setting-up an off shore company related with tugboat operations.
Possible results: Increasing maritime safety and improving efficiency port operations.
Business environment: The expansion of the port of Constanta requires safe and efficient port operations.
Public works projects at the municipality of Pitesti
Recipient: Public Works Department of the Municipality of Pitesti.
Business activities: Planning and implementation of public works activities in the municipality of Pitesti, including transport, parking, water/sewerage, road construction, electricity, lighting.
Purpose of the project: Improve the quality of several urban services in Pitesti.
Road lighting
Improvement of the quality of road lights systems comparable to international standards.
Improvement quality of bitumen
Improvement of the quality of bitumen at the asphalt station. A laboratory should be installed to check quality, which would require foreign assistance. Take-over of the asphalt station operations by a private company could be discussed.
Parking policy and parking garages
Construction of a parking garage in the centre of the city and production and placing of parking meters and auxiliary equipment. Development of a parking policy.
Service stations for buses
Construction and management of service stations for buses (regional transport) and trucks.
Hardware: Various.
Technical assistance: Technology improvement production bitumen. Parking policy municipality of Pitesti. Business plan service stations for buses and trucks.
Possible results: Improvement functioning urban services in Pitesti.
Business environment: The needs for improving urban services are high. There is a starting awareness of the fact that most of the urban services should be delivered on a cost-recovery basis.
Co-operation with S.C. International Transport S.A., Pitesti
Recipient: S.C. International Transport S.A., Pitesti.
Business activities: International transport.
Purpose of the project: Develop international transport and value added services.
Expansion truck fleet.
Establishing multi-service station for trucks.
Implementation GPS technology system.
Setting-up storage capacity (including bonded warehouse).
Hardware: Still to be defined.
Technical assistance: Business planning and introduction of value added logistics services.
Possible results: Well-positioned provider of international logistics services.
Business environment: The business environment is very competitive and there is a growing need to expand the value added logistics services.
Enhancing quality levels in manufacturing of components for automotive industry at Trian S.A. in Pitesti and S.C. Giramex SRL in Mioveni - Arges
Recipient: Trian S.A. in Pitesti.
S.C. Giramex SRL in Mioveni-Arges.
Business activities: Manufacturing of components for the automotive industry, notably Dacia.
Purpose of the project: The improvement of the quality of manufacturing of components for the Dacia automotive industry to comply with the new requirements of Renault.
Hardware: Still to be defined.
Technical assistance: Improving production process and quality control.
Possible results: Production line of high quality components for the Romanian automotive industry.
Business environment: There are good opportunities for plastic components.
Co-operation in special transport (very heavy and/or voluminous transport)
Recipient: Romanian companies specialised in very heavy and voluminous transport.
Business activities: Transport of exceptional cargo (very heavy and/or voluminous).
Purpose of the project: Create capacity in Romania for transport of special cargo.
Hardware: Still to be defined.
Technical assistance: Business planning.
Possible results: Increased facilities for transport of exceptional cargo in Romania.
Business environment: There is a growing need for national and international transport of special cargo in Romania.
Mobile repair and maintenance service unit
Recipient: Automobil Clubul Roman ACR Starter.
Business activities: Delivering mobile repair and maintenance service on commercial basis.
Purpose of the project: To increase the reach of the mobile repair and maintenance service.
Hardware: Equipped service vehicles and tool kits.
Technical assistance: Business and operational planning.
Possible results: Enhancing road safety and better service for drivers of vehicles.
Business environment: Mobil repair and maintenance services on commercial services are new in Romania. In April the first service started for the capital of Bucharest within a range of 25 km. There is a commercial attractive market for this kind of services.
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