Abstract
Durres port is the main gateway to Albania and is one of the most important economic generators of the country. During the last couple of decades, this port has undergone a number of infrastructural and institutional transformations. All these investments and reforms have affected the port performance making it, a more modern and competitive port in the region. This paper aims at analyzing the effects of the institutional reforms in the improvement of the operational performance of the dry bulk cargo terminal of the port of Durres. These reforms combined with infrastructural investments have made the terminal and the port more competitive, environmentally friendly, safer and securer in all terminal operations. Based on the studied literature, statistics of the port and terminal, a comparison analyses are performed in order to compare the performance of the terminal before and after the privatization process. Comparisons are made among different PPI. The port at large, and the terminal itself have undergone a deep reformation and terminal performance indicators have been significantly improved. Apart of that, there is still room for improvement, regarding specific indicators, such as loading and unloading rate, environmental, safety and security standards of the terminal
OSMAN METALLA, EMIRJANA VATA, SHPETIM PUPA, BLEDI KACADEJ. (2018) Privatization of Bulk Terminal Operations and its Efficiency: The Case of Durres Port, International Review of Management and Business Research, Volume 7, Issue 2.
-
Views
501 -
Downloads
50
Article Details
Volume
Issue
Type
Language
