According to Stoica, GFR might file a bid to acquire CFR Marfa.
GFR is also on the shortlist for the privatization of Bulgarian freight railway carrier BDZ Cargo. The ask price for the Bulgarian company is EUR51 million.
The Romanian Transport Ministry will auction off 51% of CFR Marfa in June and the starting price is 798.05 million lei (EUR180 million).
The procedure will include three phases: prequalification, negotiation based on preliminary non-binding offers and sealed-bid auction.
Transport Minister Relu Fenechiu said Tuesday 12 key European companies are interested in CFR Marfa. (EUR1=RON4.3663)