Durres Port Authority has started 2019 with the approved budget since the last week of the last year. After several consecutive meetings, the APD Plan for 2019 budget gained the approval of the Steering Council of the DPA and now the country’s largest port has started operating on the basis of a clearly defined financial plan.
The main element of the Investment Table for 2019 will be the implementation of the Dredging Project of Basin and Approach Channel, with a fund of 8.6 million euros without VAT, from ADP itself.
The current depth of the channel and basin is 7.5 meters, and after the investment the 10.5 meters depth is expected, which will enable the processing of ships of 174 meters length and 1000 TEU containers. The total length of the dredged channel is 6,755 meters, whereas the width 115 to
303.5 meters.
The procurement process has begun and at the moment of notification of the start of works, the deadline is 5 months.
After consultations with the concession companies of the three Terminals, APD predicts, during 2019, an increase of 6 percent of the volume of processed goods compared to the previous year. The same growth, 6 percent, is expected in the number of processed TEU containers in the respective Terminal, while a smaller increase in the number of ferry passengers is expected.
