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.
Analysis – More controversies about the Albania’s Durrës port €2 billion development
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) March 4, 2021 – Exit News, an independent Albanian news portal which also publishes investigative stories, claims that the...
Press Statement by U.S. Ambassador Yuri Kim, Durres port visit
Press Statement – U.S. Ambassador to Albania Yuri Kim visits Durres port – February 11, 2021 Ambassador Yuri Kim: As you know, I often talk about...
Albanian ports see total cargo down -4.0% on 2019
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) February 8, 2021 – In the last year, Albanian ports handled a total of 4.28 million tons of goods, down -4.0% on 2019. The...
Albania receives EU investment for railway network
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) February 3, 2021 – Finance from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) with a €36.9 million loan...
Two UAE companies named as investors in controversial Durrës Port project
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) January 25, 2021 – In December 2020, Albania’s Top Channel broadcaster surprised everyone by announcing that the...
Albania’s port of Durres is attracting attention and investments
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) January 17, 2021 – In December 2020, Albania’s Top Channel broadcaster surprised everyone by announcing that the Albanian...
Albania’s port of Durres gets closer to landlocked Kosovo and North Macedonia
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) December 27, 2020 – Albania’s main Adriatic port of Durrës (Durres) is becoming the sea gate for land-locked Kosovo and...
UAE investing €2 billion in the transformation of the port of Durrës
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) December 15, 2020 – The local Top Channel has reported that the Albanian government and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)...
Albania and UAE discuss cooperation
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) November 27, 2020 – The Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has met with the UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Abdullah...
Albania see reduced September cargo figures
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) November 13, 2020 – The volume of freight loading/unloading in ports, in September 2020 was 366,000 tonnes, down 7.7 %...
Speech by the Greek minister of foreign affairs at the “Thessaloniki Summit 2020”
“The Eastern Mediterranean in crisis” – November 5, 2020 Speech by the Greek minister of foreign affairs at the “Thessaloniki Summit...
Greek foreign minister meets Albanian prime minister
Statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias, after his meeting with the Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama (Tirana) – October 20, 2020...
Durres port-Pristina rail link agreed
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) October 6, 2020 – The governments of Albania and Kosovo have signed four agreement including one for the construction of...
Durrës port traffic down 9% in first eight months of 2020
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) September 21, 2020 – In the first eight months of this year, Durrës port handled 2.5 million tons of goods, down 9% of...
MBM Port seeks controversial cargo expansion at Porto Romano, Durrës
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) May 5, 2020 – In 2015, the Albanian government signed a 35-year concessionary contract for the construction and operation...
Albania ports report total traffic down over 41% in March
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) April 28, 2020 – In March 2020, Albanian ports handled 254,384 tonnes of cargo, down from 432,833 tonnes in March in the...
Durrës port continues operations despite Covid-19
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) April 16, 2020 – Autoriteti Portual Durres (APD – Port Authority of Durrës) has continued activities at the port...
ECOPORTIL project officially presented in Limassol on March 6, 2020
News – ECOPORTIL – March 6, 2020 The ECOPORTIL project, in which Frederick Research Center in Cyprus is a key partner, was officially presented in...
Albanian seaports see cargo up 14.4% in 2019
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) January 28, 2020 – The Institute of Statistics has reported 2019 figures for cargo and passengers using Albanian...
Kosovo business delegation visits Durrës port
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) January 28, 2020 – A delegation from delegation from the Kosovo Chamber of Commerce has visited the port of Durrës to...