Selection of shipping companies for new lines still ongoing

Tenders for the selection of shipowners that will provide public service of public coastal liner shipping on the state ferry lines Lopar – Valbiska and vice versa and Suđurađ – (Lopud) – Dubrovnik and vice versa continue as the Agency for Coastal Liner Maritime Transport announced.

On 12 February 2021, the State Commission for the Control of Public Procurement Procedures published on its official website the decisions made regarding the complaints filed against the procurement documentation in each of the procedures.

Ferry line Orebić – Korčula waits for the appeal against the selection of the shipowner to be completed

Due to the appeal against the decision on the selection of the shipowner on the state shipping line Korčula-Orebić and vice versa, the contract with the selected bidder cannot be signed yet, the Agency for Coastal Shipping has announced.

This will be the case until the decision of the State Commission for the Control of Public Procurement Procedures is delivered to the parties rejecting, rejecting or suspending the appeal procedure.

The busiest line Split – Supetar in a significant decline due to COVID-19

Passenger traffic in 2020 is lower by 37.6%, and vehicles by 27.6%.

On the ferry lines, most passengers were transported on the line Supetar – Split and vice versa, namely 1,179,721 passengers, while in second place is the line Preko – Ošljak – Zadar and vice versa, where 946,097 passengers were transported.

Regarding vehicle traffic in the past year, the busiest line was Valbiska – Merag and vice versa with 335,972 transported vehicles, while the line Preko – Ošljak – Zadar is in second place with 332,503 vehicles.

On high-speed lines, most passengers were transported on the line Lastovo – Vela Luka – Hvar – Split and vice versa. The largest traffic is realized by the ships of Jadrolinija, which in 2020 transported 87.1% of passengers and 89.6% of vehicles.

Sources: Novilist.hr, Bracdanas.com