Port Durrës

This port (Porti i Durrësit) is the first in Albania for goods and passengers. Used by the Illyrians and Greeks as early as the 7th century B.C., it now has 80 hectares of facilities to accommodate all types of ships, including ferries to Bari and Ancona in Italy. Managed by the Port Authority of Durrës and the Finnish company Cargotec, it handles about 4 million tons of goods, 150,000 containers and 800,000 passengers every year. Entrances 2 and 4 are reserved for vehicles and entrance 3 for pedestrians.