Operative data from the Durres Port Authority show that a total of 30.857 passengers have travelled between Durres and the Italian ports of Bari and Ancona in May 2021, six times higher than during same period of the previous year.

Since the beginning of the year, ferry transport has shown very positive indicators in terms of processing volumes through the gradual increase in the number of voyages and number of passengers recently as compared to data from 2020, being the worst-affected sector of the maritime industry due to the pandemic restrictions.

A total of 14.933 travellers have entered Albania through port of Durres in May, while over 15.924 other people have departed from largest port for the ports in the neighbouring Italy.

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According to the data of the Durrës Port Authority, in January-June 2021, have been registered 362 round trips, or 91 more cruises have traveled compared to the 5-month period of 2020, which testifies to a gradual return of normalcy in this sector.

The number of passengers who traveled by ferry during the pandemic months of this year has marked a slight increase, while in May alone statistics show that, over 33 thousand ferry passengers have chosen maritime transport to enter or leave/ country.

In May 2020, the number of passengers traveling by ferry in the lines  Durrës – Bari and Durrës – Ancona and return reached 5,600. //a.i/