Albania
Albania is a country in Southern Europe, in the Balkan Peninsula, West of Macedonia and Northwest of Greece; it is an official candidate for accession to the European Union (EU); its primary seaport is Durrës, which is managed by Autoriteti Portual Durrës.
Durrës port to receive WBIF grant for reconstruction work
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – In the framework of the 20th Western Balkans Investment Instrument (WBIF) call for technical...
Durrës port handles 855,000 passengers with 180,000 cars in 2018
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) January 14, 2019 – In 2018, Durrës port handled approximately 855,000 ferry passengers and over 180,000 cars. According...
Durrës port handles TAP project vessels
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) January 8, 2019 – On the first day of 2019 the port of Durrës, hosted the auxiliary vessels Mimar Sinan and DN106 which...
Durrës port reports November 2018 traffic numbers
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) December 21, 2018 – During the first 11 months of 2018, the port of Durres handled 3.3 million tons of goods. Imports...
Durres Port Authority presents 2019 business plan
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) December 5, 2018 – Autoriteti Portual Durres (APD – Durres Port Authority) has presented its business plan for 2019...
Norway to fund Albanian port development
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) November 18, 2018 – At an event called “Maritime Sector Development” Project, organised by the Norwegian...
Albania’s Vlora port set for €15 million investment
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) November 18, 2018 – Albania’s second port, Vlora, is to receive investment worth €15 million ($17.13 million) to...
Durrës port sees increased traffic in first eight months of 2018
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – In January-August 2018, the port of Durrës handled 2.42 million tons of goods, up 25,000 tons on...
United Nations Development Programme visits Durrës port
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) September 16, 2018 – A United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) mission has visited the port of Durrës following...
Sellhorn Ingenieurgesellschaft develops Durrës port
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) August 29, 2018 – Piers 1 and 2 in the port of Durrës will be subject to a project that aims to increase shipbuilding...
EBRD’s Suma Chakrabarti visits Durrës port
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) August 29, 2018 – President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Sir Suma Chakrabarti, has...
Durrës port handles import of rotary wheels to Kosovo
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) August 20, 2018 – Durrës port has started handling of the “Afina 1” ship, from which will be unloaded 10,309...
Albania and Croatia discuss port cooperation
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) July 21, 2018 – The presidents of Albania, Ilir Meta, and Croatia, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, have met to discuss a...
Shanghai delegation visits Durrës port
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) June 14, 2018 – A delegation with expert representatives from the Shanghai port system has been hosted Tuesday afternoon...
Durrës port officials face corruption charges
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) June 4, 2018 – Ten current and former officials from Autoriteti Portual Durrës (Port Authority of Durrës) have been...
SUPAIR meeting takes place in Venice
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) May 27, 2018 – A focus group of the SUPAIR project has met in Venice to discuss how to make port-logistics operations greener...
Durrës and Rijeka ports explore cooperation
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) May 27, 2018 – A cooperation memorandum has been signed between Autoriteti Portual Durrës (APD – Durres Port...
Durrës port delegation visits Antwerp port
Antwerp, Belgium (PortSEurope) may 22, 2018 – A management delegation from the Durrës port authority (Autoriteti Portual Durres) has visited the...
Durrës port to benefit from EU investment in rail services
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) May 14, 2018 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is set to provide up to €36.9 million ($44.14...
BPI gathers international experts on the ECOPORTIL project in Sofia
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) April 5, 2018 – The second partners’ workshop in the framework of the recently launched project Environmental...