Durres issues tenders

A 2,100-tonne shipment of suspected hazardous steel industry waste, flagged by the Basel Action Network, returned to Albania after being denied entry in Thailand.

An environmental watchdog has alerted authorities to an illegal consignment of poisonous industrial waste heading for a Thai port.

Mariner Adriatic, a Hili Company subsidiary, has taken over the management and operation of Durres Container Terminal in Albania.

Concession holders are experiencing great difficulty in going about their normal business in the Albanian seaport

The Anglo-Swiss Zumax AG group has been awarded a 35 year concession by the Albanian government to develop and operate a new container terminal in the south west of the country.

Strong doubts have emerged about the prospects of Canadabased Conforce International Ltd taking over Albania’s most important seaport, the Port of Durres.