Durres reports 30% teu growth

The Durres Port Authority awarded the 35-year concession for DCT to a joint-venture between Turkey’s steel maker Kurum and Malta’s Mariner, the investor, developer and independent operator of sea terminals, in February last year.  More than US$30m will be invested in the terminal during the concession.

DCT is located on Albania’s west coast on the Adriatic Sea and acts as the principal common-user gateway for containerised cargo, primarily serving the Albanian market.

Situated close to the Italian Mediterranean Port of Brindisi, the Port of Durres handles approximately 80% of all national [Albania] seaborne trade.  It links with the ‘European Corridor VIII’, connecting the Adriatic-Ionian regions with the Balkan and Black Sea countries by both road and rail.  It also serves its neighbouring landlocked countries, including Kosovo and Macedonia.