Summary
The North Adriatic Ports Association (NAPA) is an association of five North Adriatic seaports: Port of Koper, Port of Rijeka, Port of Trieste, Port of Venice and Port of Ravenna.
Total throughput of the common branded five NAPA ports was 101.44 million tonnes in 2009 prior to Rijeka joining NAPA. Total 2010 throughput is 120 million tonnes and container throughput is 1.471.908 TEUs [1]
In March 2010, the NAPA was established by port authorities of Trieste, Ravenna, Venice and Koper in Trieste with an aim of asserting position of the ports in respect of the European Union and its transport patterns.[2]
The Port of Rijeka joined the NAPA in November 2010.[3]
The NAPA aims to harmonize information systems and organizational setup of the member ports in order to attract as much shipping to the area as possible.
The project was scheduled to be completed by 2013.[4]
The Port of Ravenna resigned in November 2012 and rejoined in 2017.
References edit
- ^ "About NAPA". North Adriatic Ports Association. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
- ^ "Signed the founding of the NAPA in Trieste, Rijeka is expected to join in". Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure (Croatia). March 2, 2010. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
- ^ "Port of Rijeka – Fifth Star of NAPA". North Adriatic Ports Association. November 29, 2010. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
- ^ Darko Pajić (July 2, 2011). "Za udruživanje riječke luke, Kopra, Trsta i Venecije EU daje 1,45 milijuna eura" [EU grants 1.45 million euro for association of ports of Rijeka, Kopar, Trieste and Venice]. Novi list (in Croatian). Retrieved August 27, 2011.
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