In the second quarter of this year, freight traffic in the Albanian ports reached a record 2.14 million tons, with an accentuated increase of +25.1% on the same period of last year. The growth of the passenger traffic in the ports of the country that is amounted to 298 thousand people (+6.1%).

In the first half of 2024, freight traffic is 3.82 million tonnes, an increase of +14.5% on the previous year, first half of 2023, and passenger traffic was of 434 thousand people (+3.5%).

Today, meanwhile, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama inaugurated the the launch of the tender for the construction of the new port of Porto Romano to which the activities of the port will be transferred commercial area of Durres. "The removal of the port of Durres from the city center and its location here, with typology, completely new features and dimensions - underlined The Albanian Prime Minister - represents the opening of a new chapter in the history of the city, in the history of our economy and in the history of our national security." With regard to the latter aspect, Rama recalled that the The project also includes the construction of a new base on the site NATO military service.

The construction of the new port has gathered the manifestations of interest of 15 companies, of which five - Rama underlined - are listed companies among the largest in the world.