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Montenegro

Montenegro is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic Sea and is a part of the Balkans, sharing borders with Serbia to the northeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the north, Kosovo to the east and Albania to the southeast, the Adriatic Sea and Croatia to the northwest, and a maritime boundary with Italy. Bar and Kotor are the two main seaports. Montenegro officially applied to join the EU in December 2008.

Montenegro seaport trade down over 15% in Q1, 2023

Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) May 15, 2023 – In the first three months of 2023, the seaports of Montenegro handled 544,591 tonnes of cargo, compared to...

Bigova Bay to invest €400 mln in a luxury tourist resort in Kotor

Kotor, Montenegro (Ports Europe) May 10, 2023 – Local company Bigova Bay will invest €400 million ($438 million) in a luxury tourist resort...

Chinese company visits Port of Bar, Montenegro

Bar, Montenegro (PortSEurope) February 24, 2023 – Representatives of Chinese company China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) have...

EBRD supports Montenegro’s railway infrastructure

Podgorica, Montenegro (Ports Europe) December 29, 2022 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is...

Montenegro’s Port of Bar produces record 9-month result

Bar, Montenegro (PortSEurope) December 7, 2022 – Montenegro’s Port of Bar (Luka Bar) has produced a record 9-month result, the best for 30 years....

SEE ports as key point for drug smuggling and illicit trade

Geneva, Switzerland (PortSEurope) August 7, 2022 – Dozens of seaports in Southeastern Europe (SEE) as well as Danube river ports are key entry and exit...

Montenegro assumes observer status at ESPO

Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) June 1, 2022 – The authorities governing the Ports of Montenegro will join ESPO as an observer member. The decision was...

Montenegro’s Luka Bar reports record first quarter profit

Bar, Montnegro (Ports Europe) June 1, 2022 – Operator of the Port of Bar, Luka Bar AD, has announced a profit of €1.34 million in the first quarter of...

Montnegero prime minister visits the Port of Kotor

Kotor, Montenegro (Ports Europe) May 23, 2022 – The Prime Minister of Montenegro, Dr. Dritan Abazović has visited the Port of Kotor. He was accompanied...

Interview with executive director of the Port of Bar, Ilija Pješčić

Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) February 1, 2022 – Last month, the Port Authority of Bar, the Adriatic port in Montenegro, has published an interview with...

Croatia and Montenegro discuss transport cooperation

Minister Butković with the Montenegrin Minister of Capital Investments on joint cooperation between Croatia and Montenegro in the field of transport...

Montenegro’s Luka Bar reports slight profit increase in 2020

Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) April 30, 2021 – State-owned port operator Luka Bar has reported a net profit of €119,200 ($144,345) in 2020, up from...

Global Ports’ trading statement shows business hit by pandemic

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 14, 2021 – Last Friday, Turkey’s Global Ports Holding Ltd (GPH) reported its trading statement for 2020 which...

Port of Bar to be logistics base for offshore oil drilling in Montenegro

Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) March 10, 2021 – The Montenegro government has said that final preparations of the equipment to be used for the first...

Drydocks World expands into Montenegro, Eastern Mediterranean

Drydocks World, a DP World company, joins consortium to transform the Bijela Shipyard, Montenegro, into a world-class superyacht service, maintenance, repair...

Montenegro plans new container terminal for Bar port

Bar, Montenegro (PortSEurope) August 11, 2020 – The Montenegro government has announced the construction of a new container terminal in the Adriatic port...

Montenegro adopts strategy for the Maritime Economy 2020-2030

Bar, Montenegro (PortSEurope) August 11, 2020 – On July 30, the Montenegro government, at the proposal of the Ministry of Transport and Maritime Affairs,...

Montenegro deputy PM meets ambassador from China

The Deputy Prime Minister and President of the National Coordination Body for the Fight against Infectious Diseases, Milutin Simović, MA, met today with the...

Global Investment Holdings FY 2019 Financials Results: Great Success despite a Tough Year…

Global Investment Holdings announces Consolidated Net Revenues of 1,441.0mn TL and an Operating EBITDA of 563.3mn TL in 2019, which indicate a robust 28% and...

Washington identifies Montenegro as possible LNG partner

Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) February 12, 2020 – Speaking to the RTCG broadcaster in Montenegro, US secretary of state responsible for energy from...

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