The Romanian Government is in negotiations at an advanced stage with a potential investor willing to lease the shipyard of Mangalia also making use of the staff of the plant Romanian shipbuilding mechanic, thus restoring the activity of the construction site and paying the salaries of its workers. It made it The Minister of the Economy, the Minister of the Economy, the Minister of the digitalisation, entrepreneurship and tourism, Bogdan Ivan, in a Senate hearing, specifying that, in addition, at the same time they are also looking for solutions with the administrator court of the shipyard that manages the company after the group Dutch Damen, holder of 49% of the capital of Damen Shipyards Mangalia, the company name assumed by the shipbuilding company after the entry into the shareholding structure of the Dutch company took place in 2018, announced in the summer of 2023 the decision to leave by the Turkish shipbuilding company.

The minister said that the state, which owns 51% of the shipyard through the Santierul Naval 2 Mai, has also in place negotiations for the exit of Damen and at the same time negotiations with the potential investor for the acquisition of the assets and debts from Damen, which has filed a lawsuit against Romania seeking a compensation of 500 million euros for failing to comply with the terms of the joint venture agreement with Santierul Naval 2 Mai.

The Romanian press has identified the potential investor in the Turkish Desan Shipyard, which operates a construction and construction yard ship repair in Tuzla of much smaller dimensions than that of Mangalia which has over a thousand workers currently placed on furlough integration. At the beginning of last month, a delegation of the Turkish company visited the Romanian shipyard.