Galați

Danube Hub for Transshipment, Storage and Cross-Border Logistics

Dornești

Located in Galati, on the banks of the Danube River

Overview

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Unicom Oil Terminal was built by Unicom Group in 1993 as a link between former CIS countries using wide gauge and European countries operating on standard gauge railways, as well as a connection to the maritime part of the Danube River.

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The terminal is located in Galati, on the shore of the Danube River, 2 km from the Giurgiulesti Moldova border station and 1.5km from Larga railway station that receives wagons from Moldova.

Infrastructure

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Land area: 55,000 m²

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Utilities

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Electricity (own transformer station)
Water (own well)

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Facilities

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Danube River access shore length: 300 m
3 x pontoons for ship access
Equipment for loading/unloading from vessels to/from shore
Equipment for transshipment wagon/wagon or wagon/truck for different products
Industrial railway lines total built length: 1,600 m, of which:
- Standard gauge length: 1,000 m
- Wide gauge length: 600 m
Overlapped standard and wide gauges for any type of wagons
3 x scales for heavy vehicles
2 x railway scales for standard and wide gauge wagons
Rail access (3 gates)
Road access (3 gates)
Fluvial (Danube River) access
Terminal security 24/7
Video surveillance system
Lighting system
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‍Services

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Transshipment and storage of liquid, semi-liquid, and gaseous products with or without preheating
Transshipment of grains

Bunkering of river ships
Weighing of standard and wide gauge wagons
Weighing of trucks
Customs warehousing for beneficiaries who rent tanks
Carrying out customs import/transit formalities
Connected railway transportation of the cargo from the point of origin to the final destination‍

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Oil Products

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Operations

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Transshipment of oil products from standard to wide gauge tank wagons and vice versa
Transshipment of oil products from vessels to standard/wide gauge wagons and vice versa
Unloading/loading of standard/wide gauge tank wagons to/from storage tanks
Transshipment rate: 1,000 t/24hrs – 2,000 t/24hrs depending on the pumps and products
Unloading/loading of vessels to/from storage tanks
Transshipment rate: depends on the vessel’s pump speed
Loading of diesel, LPG, and bitumen into trucks
Loading rate: approx. 24–28 trucks/24hrs, depending on the product

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Infrastructure

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Storage tanks for diesel oil, total capacity 20,000m³
- 1 x storage tank for diesel, capacity 10,000m³
- 2 x storage tanks for diesel, capacity 3,000m³ each
- 4 x storage tanks for diesel, capacity 1,000m³ each
Storage tanks for bitumen, total capacity 16,000m³
- 5 x storage tanks for bitumen, capacity 3,000m³ each
- 1 x storage tank for bitumen, capacity 1,000m³
Storage tanks for coal tar, total capacity 20,000m³
- 2 x storage tanks for coal tar, capacity 10,000m³ each
Standard gauge line length: 600m
Operating front length for:
- diesel – 10 wagons
- LPG – 6 wagons
- coal tar – 12 wagons
- bitumen – 3 wagons
Wide gauge line length: 1,400m
Operating front length for:
- diesel – 8 wagons
- heavy fuel – 10 wagons
- LPG – 6 wagons
- bitumen – 3 wagons
Standard and wide gauge lines are overlapped on more than 60% of their length

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Products

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Diesel, gasoline, fuel oil, LPG, coal tar, bitumen, mineral oil, and other liquid petrochemical products.

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Grains

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Operations

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Transshipment of grains via bunker with fixed elevator, chain transporter, and a 15m conveyor belt
Unloading of grains from wide gauge into trucks
Unloading of grains from wide gauge into barges

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