The Croatian Minister of Sea, Transport and Infrastructure Oleg Butkovic has signed contracts worth 110 million Euros for financing inland waterway projects.

The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), a key EU funding instrument to promote growth, jobs and competitiveness through targeted infrastructure investment at European level, will co-finance two projects; an upgrade of infrastructure in the port of Slavonski Brod as well as the development of an environmental impact assessment study and project documentation for the Sava River, which will contribute to its revitalization as a maritime traffic waterway.

The director of the Port Authority Slavonski Brod Marijan Juric commented that the new port project is estimated at more than 170 million Kunas, needed for infrastructure construction and a purchase of three cranes.

‘’The construction of the new container port should be completed by March 2020. We expect traffic of 1,5 to 2 million tonnes a year. Around 1,000 people transport each million tonnes of loaded goods. There is a land of 500 hectares near the port that can also be used’’, explained Juric.

After the completion of this significant project, the new port in Slavonski Brod will become the largest container river port in Croatia and in this part of Europe.