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Croatia

Croatia is a country in Southeast Europe. Its Adriatic Sea mainland coast is 1,777 kilometres long. The main ports are Rijeka, Zadar, Šibenik, Split, Ploče and Dubrovnik, which are overseen by the Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure.

Uljanik terminates Wellard Ships build contract

Pula, Croatia (PortSEurope) October 15, 2018 – Wellard Ships Pte Ltd, the Singapore subsidiary of Wellard, has been informed of the termination of the...

Algoma Central Corporation announces cancellation of Croatian shipbuilding contracts

Pula, Croatia (PortSEurope) October 13, 2018 – Algoma Central Corporation, a leading provider of marine transportation services, has said it has taken...

Ukrainian entrepreneur shows interest in Croatian troubled shipyards

Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) October 12, 2018 – Ukrainian entrepreneur Vadim Novinski has expressed interest in investing in Croatian troubled shipbuilders...

Poland’s OT Logistics denies plans to sell part of Luka Rijeka shares

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – Polish company OT Logistics has denied media rumours about talks for the sale of part of its shares in...

EU to invest €2.788 million in Rijeka port

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – The European Commission has proposed to invest €695.1 million ($804.7 million) in 49 key projects to...

OT Logistics may sell part of Luka Rijeka to Chinese investors

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) October 1, 2018 – Polish company OT Logistics SA plans to sell part of the shares it owns in Croatian port operator Luka...

Italy’s Palumbo completes takeover bid for Viktor Lenac in Croatia

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) October 2, 2018 – Naples-based shipbuilding group Palumbo has successfully completed the takeover bid for Croatian sector...

COSCO Shipping looks at access Ploče port

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) September 26, 2018 – The state-owned Chinese company, COSCO Shipping, is looking to start business in the port of Ploče....

Italy’s Palumbo takeover bid for Viktor Lenac is successful

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) September 21, 2018 – Naples-based Palumbo’s offer for the acquisition of the entire capital of Croatian shipbuilder...

Global Ports Holding awarded concession for Zadar Gazenica Cruise Port, Croatia

Zadar, Croatia (Ports Europe) September 13, 2018 – Global Ports Holding, the global independent cruise port operator, has announced that it has signed a...

Zagreb Stock Exchange drops Luka Rijeka from CROBEX index

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) September 11, 2018 – The Zagreb Stock Exchange (ZSE) has excluded Luka Rijeka d.d., the operator of Croatia’s Rijeka...

Global Ports Holding – Interim results for six months to 30 June 2018 – Other Mediterranean ports

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 9, 2018 – On August 17, 2018, Turkey’s Global Ports Holding (GPH), one of the leading cruise port...

President of troubled shipbuilder Uljanik resigns

Pula, Croatia (Ports Europe) August 31, 2018 – Croatian shipbuilder Uljanik’s president has resigned to respond to the demands of employees who are on...

Rijeka port to finance wastewater treatment plant in Raša

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) August 28, 2018 – Croatia’s Raša municipality has convened a meeting with representatives of port operator Luka Rijeka d.d....

Croatia’s Uljanik shipyard employees launch strike

Pula, Croatia (Ports Europe) August 23, 2018 – Croatian shipbuilding group Uljanik’s employees started a strike on August 22, due to the delay of the...

Rijeka port starts railway infrastructure overhaul project

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) August 15, 2018 – Rijeka port operator Luka Rijeka d.d. has started a project for the overhaul of the railway line leading to...

Croatian financial watchdog approves buyout bid for shipbuilder Viktor Lenac

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) August 13, 2018 – Croatian financial watchdog HANFA has given the green light to the launch of a buyout bid for local...

Luka Rijeka net profit halves in H1 2018

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) August 9, 2018 – Croatian port operator Luka Rijeka d.d.’s net profit nearly halved to HRK 3.9 million...

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...

China Railway Group shows interest in rail line connecting Rijeka port to Central Europe

Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) July 11, 2018 – Chinese company China Railway Group Limited is interested in the construction of a railway line connecting the...

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