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.
Three of Europe’s poorest countries struggle to open pan-European corridor VIII connecting Adriatic and Black Seas
Sofia, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) October 19, 2021 – After years of neglect and inactivity, the transport ministers of Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Albania...
Albania: Transport by sector – January-August 2021
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) October 5, 2021 – The local Institute of Statistics (Instat) has reported on the country’s transport figures for...
Five international companies part of tender for the new port project in Porto Romano
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) September 26, 2021 – Five companies have bidded for the contract to construct a new port in the area of Porto...
Durres Container Terminal goes live with Navis N4Saas
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) September 16, 2021 – Durres Container Terminal (DCT) is the first container terminal in the world to go live with the...
U.S. Coast Guard delegation visits Albanian ports
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) September 10, 2021 – A team of U.S. Coast Guard experts has visited Albania to assess the implementation of security...
Albanian ports see cargo traffic up nearly 10% in first half 2021
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) July 28, 2021 – The volume of freight loading/unloading in Albanian ports, in June 2021 was 412,000 tonnes, up 9.6%...
Croatian minister proposes Zadar-Durres ferry line
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) July 19, 2021 – Croatian Minister Oleg Butkovic has paid an official visit to Albania, where he met with Belinda Belluku,...
Croatian minister visits Albania to discuss stronger transport connections
Earlier this week, Minister Oleg Butković paid an official visit to Albania, where he met with Belinda Belluku, Minister of Infrastructure...
Hili Company wins tender for Durres container terminal
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) July 5, 2021 – Mariner Adriatic has won the tender for the management and operation of Durres Container Terminal in...
Will European Corridor VIII ever connect Bari and Brindisi to Durres and Vlora, and to Burgas and Varna?
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) June 11,2021 – The reconstruction works in Bulgaria for the key railway element of Pan-European corridor VIII that started...
Albanian ports increase cargo handling in April 2021
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) May 28, 2021 – The total volume of freight loading/unloading in Albanian ports in April 2021 was 451,600 tonnes, up 27.7...
International passenger maritime transport in Albania will restart on June 22
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) May 21, 2021 – The Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy has announced that starting from Monday, June 22, 2020, all...
Remarks by U.S. Ambassador Yuri Kim at Defender Europe 21 event at the Port of Durrës
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) May 5, 2021 – The U.S. Ambassador Yuri Kim attended the “Defender Europe 21 Opening Ceremony Distinguished Visitors...
Analysis – Is a new €2 billion port area development in Durres a realistic project?
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) May 2, 2021 – Albania is the “New Europe” and I want to be the first to go there, said Mohamed Alabbar, the head of...
Albania reports increased sea cargo traffic in March 2021
The volume of freight loading/unloading in ports, in March 2021 is 370,800 tonnes, increasing 45.7 % compared to March 2020. Compared with the monthly average...
Durrës Port Authority joins ESPO as an observer
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) April 17, 2021 – Durrës Port Authority has joined the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) as an observer member....
EU and EBRD Support Rehabilitation of Tirana – Durres Railway in Albania
News Release – Western Balkans Investment Framework (WBIF) – April 2, 2021 The first large-scale overhaul of the railway network in Albania is...
Remarks by U.S. Ambassador at the MOU signing between Albania, Exxon Mobil and Excelerate Energy
Tirana, Albania (Ports Europe) March 15, 2021 – U.S. Ambassador to Albania Yuri Kim has taken part in the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing...
Albania’s Port of Vlora considered for new LNG facility
Vlora, Albania (Ports Europe) March 15, 2021 – Excelerate Energy, ExxonMobil LNG Market Development and the government of Albania have signed a...
Ambassador Yuri Kim attends online Tirana Economic Forum
Tirana, Albania (Ports Europe) March 14, 2021 – U.S. to Albania, Ambassador Yuri Kim, has delivered an online presentation at the Tirana Economic Forum,...