Durres Port German concessionaire warned over ousting rival stevedoring companies

TIRANA, Nov. 14 – Albania’s competition authority has warned it could fine a German concessionaire at Durres Port over ousting rival stevedoring companies since late 2015 when it became the sole provider of stevedoring services for out-of-gauge cargo at the port’s eastern terminal which it has been operating since July 2013 under a 35-year concession contract with the Albanian government. The competition watchdog says EMS APO, a wholly owned subsidiary of Germany’s EMS Shipping and Trader GmbH, could be abusing its dominant position by refusing access to the infrastructure it possesses at the port’s eastern terminal to three local Albanian…