APM Terminals and ENNA will form a 51/49 JV to design, construct, and operate the container terminal under a 50-year-long concession agreement.

Phase 1 (400 m of quay wall served by three ship-to-shore cranes able to take care of 24,000 TEUs ships) is scheduled for completion after three and a half years. Once Phase 2 is completed (680 m/four STSes), the terminal will offer a handling capacity of 1,055k TEUs/year.

"We see growing need for efficient, well-operated and modern gateway terminals, which serve as entry points to local and regional markets, bringing containerised goods closer to their end consumers. We are confident that Rijeka Gateway will become an important spot on the port logistics map, serving not only Croatia, but also the wider Central Europe region," APM Terminals' CEO Morten Engelstoft highlighted.

Pavao Vujnovac, President of the Board, ENNA Group, added, "Rijeka Gateway and the modernisation of the railway infrastructure is Croatia's largest national project that will connect the Port of Rijeka with continental Croatia and Central European countries, facilitating business opportunities and fast economic growth not only in logistics, but in all services and all industries. We are very pleased that after three years of cooperation between Maersk and ENNA Transport, we are starting a new partnership between APM Terminals and ENNA. We know that Rijeka Gateway will become an extraordinarily important factor in the logistics map of Europe."

Photo: Port of Rijeka