"The Ministry of Transports is considering this issue": Port operators don’t want the Port under Mazare’s Administration (documents)
The Employers' Organization 'Port Operator' and the National Federation of Port Trade Unions ask the Minister of Transport, Ramona Manescu, and the Secretary of State Constantin Matei for a meeting regarding what they call deficiencies in Port of Constanta administration act.
Ministry of Transport announced that it will complete the request. As for the statement made last week in Constanta by the Prime Minister Victor Ponta, that the new strategy of Port of Constanta should involve private capital and greater involvement of the municipality, the ministry headed by liberal Ramona Manescu states that "at this time the Ministry of Transport is considering this issue".
According to some memos, Employers' Organization ’Port Operator' and the National Federation of Port Trade Unions submitted the Ministry of Transports several complaints on the work of Black Sea ports, but didn’t received answers yet. Operators put a warning on the possible negative effects of transferring the Port of Constanta from the ministry to the local administration. We recall that the Prime Minister Victor Ponta said Friday in the Port of Constanta that the new strategy should involve the private capital, the municipality and the government. "The local authority (...) it is normal to have a big say in the development of the port," said the Prime Minister.
Please note that the memos are signed by the President of the Employers’ Organization 'Port Operator', Viorel Panait, and the President of the National Federation of Port Trade Unions, Mircea Burlacu.
"An increased interference of the political factor"
According to operators, "such a measure would have the effect of increasing interference of the political fa
