At the ceremony held in the Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral in Rijeka, Mr Denis Vukorepa, Chairman of the Port of Rijeka j.s.c. and Mr Manuel Armando Fernandez, Senior Vice President of the International Container Terminal Services Inc., signed a contract on strategic partnership and proprietary integration in the company Jadranska vrata d.d. – Adriatic Gate j.s.c.

The contract defines investments into the Brajdica Container Terminal that significantly exceeds the investment plan of 54 million euros from the Concession Contract. The main investment includes the implementation of cutting-edge technology, which will facilitate a complete automation for ship unloading monitoring, as well as for the storing and dispatching of containers. According to best world practice, ICTSI shall provide their international know-how and experience in order to raise the operational standard of the Container Terminal in the Port of Rijeka.

Denis Vukorepa, the Chairman of the Port of Rijeka j.s.c. emphasized: "In our partnership with ICTSI, a terminal operator of global importance, we expect the container turnover to increase, to open new markets of Central and Southeastern Europe, as well as a huge step forward in logistics. We paved the way for investments and defined a partner with whom we can start as soon as tomorrow the capital projects at the Brajdica Container Terminal. We have chosen our partner transparently and carefully and I am convinced that we have completed successfully project no. 1 in the port system of the Republic of Croatia."

The headquarters of ICTSI is situated in Manila, the Philippine Republic, and it manages and owes 22 port terminals in 16 world ports. The Company is one of the strongest operators of international terminals, and with its professional approach and management succeeded to win a place of domination on international markets and received important world awards.