Compania Nationala Administratia Porturilor Dunarii Fluviale SA Giurgiu

What Compania Nationala Administratia Porturilor Dunarii Fluviale SA Giurgiu does

Compania Nationala Administratia Porturilor Dunarii Fluviale SA Giurgiu is a Romanian national company, structured as a joint-stock company (Societate pe Actiuni), responsible for the administration of fluvial (river) ports on the Danube in the Giurgiu area of Romania. Founded in 1998, the company operates public port infrastructure and facilitates cargo handling along the Danube River, serving shipping operators, freight forwarders, and cargo owners transiting the Lower Danube corridor.

The company's functional role is port authority / port administration: it manages berths, quays, and supporting infrastructure, and derives revenue from port dues, cargo handling fees, and related service charges levied on port users. It operates within a regulated framework consistent with its "Compania Nationala" designation, which typically implies state oversight or state ownership of a strategic national asset. Its operating geography is Romania, situated on a key Danube navigation route linking the Black Sea to the wider European inland waterway network.

Available data on the company's product surface, technology stack, management team, customer base, financials, and recent strategic activity is sparse — the corporate website (apdf.ro) was inaccessible at the time of capture, returning only a loading/verification page. Headcount is reported in the 11-50 range, consistent with a lean port administration entity rather than a labor-intensive terminal operator. No AI capabilities, partnerships, product launches, M&A activity, funding rounds, or leadership changes are documented in the supplied source material, limiting deeper strategic inference.

Name

Compania Nationala Administratia Porturilor Dunarii Fluviale SA Giurgiu

Legal name

Compania Nationala Administratia Porturilor Dunarii Fluviale SA Giurgiu

Website

https://apdf.ro

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Compania Nationala Administratia Porturilor Dunarii Fluviale SA Giurgiu is a Romanian national port administration company that manages Danube River fluvial ports in Giurgiu, Romania, facilitating cargo handling for shipping operators and freight owners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Inland Waterway Port Services

NAICS

Port and Harbor Operations (488310)

SIC

Water Transportation (4400)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTLAHAFAJ

Port Stakeholder Coordination (Terminal, Agents, Customs, Pilots, Tugs)

Transportation & Logistics/Ports, Terminals & Maritime Services/Port & Harbor Operations (Harbor Master, Vessel Scheduling, Towage Coordination)

SECONDARYBPAIALAF

Maritime & Port Authorities (Public Ports, Harbors, Ferries Terminals)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Transportation & Infrastructure Agencies (Roads, Transit, Public Works)

Keywords

• River port management
• Danube port operations
• Cargo handling services
• Inland waterway logistics
• Port administration

Headquarters

HQ city

Giurgiu

HQ country

Romania

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Core offering

Compania Nationala Administratia Porturilor Dunarii Fluviale SA Giurgiu manages the Danube River ports in Giurgiu, Romania, facilitating cargo handling for riverine shipping operations on the inland waterway. The company functions as a national port administrator for the fluvial Danube ports, providing infrastructure and operational support for cargo movement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Direct peers

• Wiener Hafen (Port of Vienna): Operator and developer of Vienna's Danube ports and trimodal terminals. Direct peer as a public/private Danube port operator combining cargo handling with logistics real estate, comparable in function to a smaller Giurgiu-scale port administrator.
• Compania Nationala Administratia Porturilor Maritime SA Constanta: Romania's principal maritime port authority at Constanta on the Black Sea. Direct peer as a state-owned national port administrator under Romania's same institutional framework, performing the same port-management function for maritime (vs. fluvial) traffic.
• Compania Nationala Administratia Porturilor Dunarii Maritime SA Galati: Manages the Romanian Danube maritime-sector ports at Galati, Tulcea and others. Direct peer managing the same waterway (Danube) and same type of public port infrastructure under the same national-company model.
• Verejné prístavy (Public Ports Bratislava): Slovak public port operator managing the Bratislava Danube port and other Slovak river ports. Comparable as a state-managed Danube port authority handling cargo on the same waterway, with similar scale and operational mandate.
• MAHART PassNave (Hungarian Danube ports): Hungarian state-owned operator managing Danube passenger ports and related infrastructure around Budapest. Comparable as a state-affiliated Danube port administrator serving cross-border fluvial traffic on the same waterway.
• Hafen Wien GmbH: Vienna's municipal port operator running trimodal (rail, road, water) cargo handling at Freudenau and Albern. Comparable as a Danube-focused port operator managing cargo and logistics infrastructure for inland waterway traffic.

Broad incumbents

• Port of Rotterdam Authority: Europe's largest port operator managing Rotterdam's maritime and inland terminals. Broad incumbent peer operating the upstream/downstream interface of the Rhine-Danube corridor with comparable cargo-handling functions at much greater scale.
• Duisport (Duisburg): Operator of the world's largest inland port at Duisburg on the Rhine. Broader incumbent peer providing port and logistics real-estate services for European inland shipping, comparable in business model but vastly larger in scale.

Regional players

• Administracja Portów Morskich (Polish Sea Ports Authority): Polish state entity managing Szczecin-Świnoujście port complex on the Oder/near-Danube corridor. Regional peer operating under a comparable national-port-administrator model but focused on maritime and Oder-access traffic rather than lower-Danube.

Others

• Via Donau (Austrian Waterway Company): Austrian state waterway company responsible for Danube infrastructure, navigation safety, and waterway development. Adjacent peer supporting the same waterway CN APDF SA Giurgiu depends on, with overlapping regulatory and infrastructure-investment interests.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cn-apdf-sa-giurgiu

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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