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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.

Takeover of Luka Rijeka halted

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) May 26, 2023 – State-owned Enterprise Restructuring and Privatisation Fund (CERP) has announced that it will retain its...

METRANS rail service links Rijeka and Budapest

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) May 26, 2023 – The rail company METRANS will add a new rail cargo link between Rijeka and Budapest starting June 1....

Sale of Croatian shipyard Uljanik attracts zero interest

Pula, Croatia (Ports Europe) May 10, 2023 – A public auction for the sale of the Pula-based, Croatian Uljanik Brodogradnja 1856, set for last Monday,...

Croatia approves takeover of Luka Rijeka by Czech company

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) May 2, 2023 – The Board of Directors of the Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency (Hanfa) has approved the...

Freight forwarder Interglobo opens office in Port of Rijeka

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) April 14, 2023 – International freight forwarder Interglobo has opened an office in Port of Rijeka. The local company is...

Rijeka Gateway to operate remote-controlled handling equipment

Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) April 3, 2023 – APM Terminals’ Rijeka Gateway in Croatia will be the first terminal in the Adriatic region to be operated...

Metrans takes 51% stake in the Croatian Adria Rail

Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) March 30, 2023 – Earlier this month, Metrans took a 51% stake in Croatian Adria Rail, a rail operator and rail transport...

Luka Ploče – financial report for 2022

Ploče, Croatia (PortSEurope) March 29, 2023 – Luka Ploče has published its financial report for 2022 which shows increases cargo handling in the year....

Croatian seaports see traffic up +10% in 2022

Rijeka. (PortSEurope) March 29, 2023 – Croatian Ports saw traffic increase over 10% compared to 2021, according to the Croatian Bureau of Statistics...

Port Acquisitions to make offer for Luka Rijeka

Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) March 17, 2023 – Newly-established company Port Acquisitions, fully owned by Czech industrial group CE Industries, must...

Port of Rijeka reports higher cargo and TEU in 2022

Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) March 9, 2023 – The Port of Rijeka reports higher cargo and TEU in 2022: 6.3 million tons of cargo, up +14% on 5.53 million...

Croatian, Danish prime ministers visit container terminal in Rijeka

Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) March 7, 2023 – The Croatian Prime Minister and Danish counterpart have visited the Zagreb Deep Sea container terminal in...

Croatian seaports see Q4 2022 cargo traffic up over +6%

Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) February 27, 2023 – Total turnover of cargo goods in Croatian seaports in the fourth quarter of 2022 was 5.8 million tons,...

Yilport Holding acquires Port of Šibenik, Croatia

Šibenik, Croatia (PortSEurope) February 22, 2023 – Yilport Holding has taken over the operations at Port of Šibenik, located on the Adriatic coast of...

OT Logistics, Rubicon Partners are set to sell shares in Luka Rijeka

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) February 14, 2023 – OT Logistics and venture capital fund Rubicon Partners are set to to exit Croatian port operator Luka...

OT Logistics plans sale of shares in Luka Rijeka

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) February 6, 2023 – Poland’s OT Logistics (OTL) has a preliminary agreement for the sale of shares in Luka Rijeka for...

Port of Ancona set to gain from Croatia EU Schengen membership

Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) January 27, 2023 – From 1 January 2023 Croatia joined the Schengen area and the Euro area. On the basis of the Schengen...

Croatia joins the EU Schengen area – ports to benefit

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) January 2, 2023 – Croatia joins the EU Schengen area and with the removal of border checks, the region’s ports will...

Minister joins the “Transformation of Rijeka” conference

Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) December 20, 2022 – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure, Oleg Butković, joined...

First Rijeka – Austria direct cargo rail service established

Rijeka, Austria (PortSEurope) November 30, 2022 – Maersk Line has set up a block train service connecting the Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT) in...

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