The Port of Belgrade () is a
cargo
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and passenger
port
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located on the
Danube
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river in
Belgrade, Serbia. The port is located in the center of Belgrade, near
Pančevo Bridge
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. It also manages the passenger terminal on the nearby
Sava
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river.
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.
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.
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
euro
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s.
The transaction was in later years annulled and since then it is the subject of judicial process between "Worldfin" and state authorities.
As of 2018, the Port of Belgrade is the most developed port in Serbia.
The most common load goods are salt, sugar, concrete iron, paper, pipes and artificial fertilizers.
Gallery
File:Na savi - panoramio.jpg, Cargo ship docked in port
File:Savski venac - panoramio.jpg, Docked cargo ships
File:Riverboats Belgrade.jpg, Riverboats docked in port
File:Old port buildings on the Sava river banks. Belgrade (Београд), Serbia - panoramio.jpg, Old Port Buildings
File:Sava River with Kalemegdan Fortress.jpg, Passenger ships docked in port
File:Baza ronilačkog centra rečne policije - panoramio.jpg, Base of the Police River Diving Center
See also
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Transport in Belgrade
References
External links
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1961 establishments in Serbia
2005 mergers and acquisitions
Companies based in Belgrade
Geography of Belgrade
Ports and harbours of Serbia
Transport companies of Serbia
Transport in Belgrade
Stari Grad, Belgrade
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