"Works on "Porto Romano" begin in 2026" - Deputy Prime Minister Balluku introduces the new director of the Port Authority, Aliu
Works on the construction of the new port in the Porto Romano area in Durrës will begin next year, and are expected to be completed in 2029. This was announced by the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Infrastructure and Energy, Belinda Balluku, who introduced the new director of the Durrës Port Authority, Liburn Aliu.
"North Macedonia and Kosovo benefit through two dry ports, one located in Skopje. The project was initially planned by the previous government of North Macedonia for Struga, but then the government of North Macedonia itself changed it, requesting it in Skopje, the capital, and another dry port in the Pristina area. Having said that, the entire international procedure has been transparent, there have been several phases for the selection of the consultancy and then for the project, and today we have practically reached the final phase of completing the project for the construction of this port. 5 foreign companies have competed and on January 31 we will have the winner for the construction of the new Port of Durres, which emerged from an international competition, which was led by the company "Royal Haskoning" with the participation of all those departments from the Port Authority of the Port of Durres that legally belong to this process."
According to Balluku, this port should be delivered and operational within 3 years. So, in 2029, Albania should have delivered a port in the Porto Romano area, the largest in the Western Balkans, but also a NATO base.
"The new port, which will be built, is also expected to be a NATO base, located in the heart of the Mediterranean and undoubtedly in Albania as the most loyal ally of this extraordinary community force. For this reason, the management must always be in good, professional hands and above all in hands that guarantee transparency. For this reason, since Kreshnik Bajraktari will take on a new task, the baton will be passed on to another good colleague that I have known at work and people are known at work, it is said that I knew him years ago when we were colleagues in the two governments. He headed the Ministry of Environment, and this is Liburn Aliu, an architect by profession, but with a long political career. Without a doubt, a good colleague, who has always seen Kosovo and Albania as a common market for economic development."
Liburn Aliu, Director of the Durrës Port Authority:
"I am very honored to be here today and I am honored by the government of the Republic of Albania, by Deputy Prime Minister Balluku, for a task that has been given to me, that has been entrusted to me and is quite challenging. The Port of Durres is truly the port of the Republic of Albania, it is the port of all Albanians, it is the port of the region, it is the port that Kosovo receives almost the vast majority of its goods through the Port of Durres. Perhaps here, almost half of the goods that go to Kosovo through the National Road, a large part goes to Macedonia and it is necessary that this port be modernized to the extent that it is challenging, to be competitive in the entire region."
According to Director Aliu, this is important to see precisely from a geopolitical perspective, and North Macedonia and especially Kosovo are the countries where goods will be distributed throughout the region.
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