Port of Bar
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The Port of Bar is Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...

's main sea port. It is located in Bar
Bar, Montenegro
Bar is a coastal town in Montenegro. It has a population of 17,727...

.

History

The Port of Bar was used as a sea port for Scutari
Scutari
Scutari may refer to:*Üsküdar , in Anatolia, Turkey*Scutari Barracks in Üsküdar; former hospital where Florence Nightingale worked*Shkodër, in Albania; also known as Scutari in antiquity...

 before it was conquered by the Turks
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

 in 1571.

Right after the conquest of Bar, the Turks constructed a small port with one breakwater and wooden pier. This former Turkish port has been maintained and expanded since 1878, when Montenegro gained Bar after becoming officially independent from Ottoman Turkey. Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...

 became the first South Slavic state to have a port to the sea.

Construction of the port formally started on March 23, 1905 when King Nikola I
Nicholas I of Montenegro
Nikola I Mirkov Petrović-Njegoš was the only king of Montenegro, reigning as king from 1910 to 1918 and as prince from 1860 to 1910. He was also a poet, notably penning "Onamo, 'namo!", a popular song from Montenegro.-Early life:Nikola was born in the village of Njeguši, the ancient home of the...

, on board on the yacht "Rumija", plunged a foundation stone, on which his initials and the date were carved in, into the sea.

The Port of Bar officially began construction on June 27, 1906, even though the port was founded the same day.

Coen Caglia, the Italian expert in maritime construction had, at that time, designed the port for an annual turnover of 3 million tons of cargo.

Out of all what was planned in that period, only the 250 meter long breakwater was constructed and put into operation on October 23, 1909.

During World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, Germans mined and destroyed it almost completely in 1944 while retreating. Its reconstruction started in 1950, and the construction for a large port started four years later. The first phase was completed in 1965.

The second phase that had in its plan an annual turnover of cca 5 million tons of cargo was almost completed, when the catastrophic earthquake struck in 1979, destroying more than half of its modern port facilities.

The reconstruction and renewal of the port's facilities started in 1981 and today's port of Bar, capable of handling cca 5 million tons of cargo, officially began operations on July 13, 1983.

Currently, the Port of Bar is operating with a financial loss, and significantly below its designed capacity. With Montenegrin market being too small to fully utilize its capacity and make it a profitable port, it is generally accepted that Port of Bar has to acquire new markets to which it would cater. The announced building of Belgrade–Bar motorway
Belgrade–Bar motorway
Belgrade–Bar motorway , is a future motorway in Serbia and Montenegro. The motorway will connect Serbian capital of Belgrade and Bar, Montenegro's main seaport...

 and proposed reconstruction of Belgrade - Bar railway would thus mark a breakthrough in attracting the Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

n, and thus the Central European market.

Terminals

  • RO - RO Terminal
  • Timber Terminal
  • Container Terminal
  • General Cargo Terminal
  • Bulk Terminal
  • Grain Terminal
  • Liquid Cargo Terminal
  • Passenger Terminal

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