Port of Belgrade explained

Port of Belgrade
Лука Београд
Country:Serbia
Location:Belgrade
Coordinates:44.8253°N 20.4781°W
Owner:Wordfin
Others
Type:Artificial
Employees:195
Leadershiptitle:CEO
Leader:Milan Beko
Blankdetailstitle3:Warehouse space
Blankdetails3:950000ft2
Cargotonnage:3,000,000
Revenue: 8.68 million [1]

The Port of Belgrade is a cargo and passenger port located on the Danube river in Belgrade, Serbia. The port is located in the center of Belgrade, near Pančevo Bridge. It also manages the passenger terminal on the nearby Sava river.[2] The port transfer capacity is three million tons per year and 10,000 TEUs. It also has 300,000 square meters of warehouses and 650,000 square meters of open-air storage areas. The most common load goods are salt, sugar, concrete iron, paper, pipes and artificial fertilizers

The port was privatized in 2005, in a process which raised issues of corruption which have not yet been settled.[3]

History

The new city port was envisioned on its present location already in 1923 when the Belgrade's first general urban plan was drafted. Though majority of the propositions were accepted by the Ministry of Construction, and the plan was adopted in 1924, it took decades before the port was actually built.[4]

The port has operated since 1961. In 2005, a Luxemburg-based company "Worldfin" owned by Delta Holding and Milan Beko, bought the Port of Belgrade from the City of Belgrade for a sum of 40 million euros.[5] The transaction was in later years annulled and since then it is the subject of judicial process between "Worldfin" and state authorities.[6]

As of 2018, the Port of Belgrade is the most developed port in Serbia.[7] The most common load goods are salt, sugar, concrete iron, paper, pipes and artificial fertilizers.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Konsolidovani bilans uspeha (2018) . apr.gov.rs . 25 August 2019 . Serbian . PDF.
  2. Web site: History . lukabeograd.com . 23 March 2019.
  3. Web site: 2020-01-10. Serbian Ex-Minister Awaits Corruption Retrial Verdict. 2021-07-21. Balkan Insight. en-US.
  4. News: Mirjana Nikić . sr: Изложба првог генералног плана Београда . Exhibition of the first Belgrade's general (urban) plan . Politika-Moja kuća . 1 . sr . 9 April 2021.
  5. News: Petković . Rato . Mišković kupio luku Beograd za gradnju stanova . 23 March 2019 . poslovni.hr . 22 January 2007 . Croatian.
  6. News: Privatizacija Luke Beograd: Kupovinom preduzeća do ekskluzivnog zemljišta . 23 March 2019 . insajder.net . 26 November 2016 . Serbian.
  7. News: Stotine miliona evra od lađa na Dunavu - Luke u Srbiji čekaju velika ulaganja . 24 March 2019 . ekapija.com . 4 June 2018 . Serbian.