According to *Serbian Economist*, the Romanian company JT Grup Oil has been granted permission to build a new terminal for petroleum products on the Danube in the area of the port of Tisovica-Dubova, near Orșova in Mehedinți County, the company stated in a report published on the Bucharest Stock Exchange.
The project involves the construction of four above-ground storage tanks for liquid fuel, as well as the engineering and logistics infrastructure required for the reception, storage and transhipment of petroleum products.
JT Grup Oil views the new facility as part of a larger regional logistics system. The Danube terminal is planned to be integrated with the company’s new terminal at the port of Constanța on the Black Sea.
According to the company, the platform being developed is intended to serve the markets of Romania, Hungary, Serbia, Austria and Ukraine, utilising both the capabilities of Black Sea logistics and the international transport corridor along the Danube.
In this way, fuel will be able to arrive via Constanța by sea, after which it will be distributed across the countries of Central and South-Eastern Europe using river, rail and road transport.
For Serbia, the new facility is of particular interest due to its location on the Danube, relatively close to the Serbian border. Additional storage and transhipment capacity for petroleum products could expand the possibilities for fuel supplies to the Serbian market and enhance the Danube’s role in regional energy logistics.
For Ukraine, the project also creates an additional route for importing petroleum products via Romania. Since 2022, Romanian ports, particularly Constanța, have significantly increased their importance for Ukrainian trade and fuel supplies.
At the same time, JT Grup Oil is completing another major infrastructure project – the JT Terminal in the port of Constanța.
The terminal has already undergone technical trials, and its commercial operation is scheduled to begin in October 2026, following the completion of all necessary procedures and the granting of permits.
JT Grup Oil’s strategy effectively involves establishing a Constanta–Danube–Central Europe logistics corridor.
The Black Sea terminal is intended to handle imported petroleum products arriving by sea, whilst the new facility near Orșova will bring fuel stocks closer to the markets of Serbia, Hungary and Austria and utilise the Danube for onward transport.
“By developing the terminal in Constanța and the terminal in the Orșova area, the company aims to create an integrated logistics platform capable of efficiently serving the markets of Central and Eastern Europe,” according to a statement from JT Grup Oil quoted by the Romanian media.
The project takes on added significance against the backdrop of the restructuring of European oil product supply routes and the region’s countries’ efforts to diversify their transport infrastructure.
JT Grup Oil operates in the Romanian wholesale fuel trade and distribution market. The company’s shares are traded on the Aero market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol JTG.