Integrated Triport port, Vlorë: design-build-maintain concession in force from 2023
Status: In force per Ministry of Finance (2023). Construction and payment timing not confirmed; launch date unverified.
Summary
The Integrated Triport port in Vlorë is a 10-year design, build and maintenance concession tendered in 2021 and signed in 2022, according to secondary reports. The Ministry of Finance's Fiscal Risk Statement 2025 lists it as a budget-support contract that entered into force in 2023. Under its financial model no state payments are foreseen for the first three years, and payments start only after 100 per cent of the works are completed, which the ministry says is no earlier than three years after the effective date.
A Balkanweb (Vetting) headline (UNVERIFIED, based on the headline only) says a company with 10,000 lekë share capital, Premium Construction, won a 40 million euro contract for the Vlorë terminal. A Balkanweb investigation summary (secondary report) says that, per opencorporates.al data, one company holds 92 per cent of the concession company. The name of the shareholder is not confirmed. A Kitalent article (UNVERIFIED) says Phase 1 was due for launch in mid-2026.
Key facts
- 10-year design, build and maintenance concession, budget-support contract that entered into force in 2023 (Ministry of Finance, Fiscal Risk Statement 2025).
- No state payments in the first three years; payments only after 100 per cent completion (same source).
- Contract value about 40 million euro (Balkanweb headline, UNVERIFIED).
The record
Four lists kept apart on purpose: what is established, what is only alleged, what is still open, and what those concerned said.
What is proven (1)
Established by documents or official records, as stated in the research. A recorded charge or indictment proves only that the accusation was made.
- The contract is a budget-support PPP in force from 2023 (Ministry of Finance).
What is alleged (1)
Accusations, not findings. Those accused are presumed innocent.
- AllegationOwnership concentration and guarantee enforcement issues (Balkanweb summary, UNVERIFIED).
Allegations and who made them (1)
Each line is an allegation as recorded, with the person or body that made it where the record names them.
- AllegationBalkanweb investigation summary questions how the contract's guarantee requirements have been enforced (not confirmed in the original source).
Open questions (3)
- Name and beneficial owners of the 92 per cent shareholder.
- Whether Premium Construction is the concessionaire or the contractor, and who the managers named in the Balkanweb headline are (roles not verified).
- Actual construction progress and whether launch took place in 2026.
Responses (1)
Responses of the people and organisations concerned, as recorded.
- Not found in sources reviewed.
Figures
Money trail →Integrated Triport Vlorë: contract value (headline)
€40,000,000
contractSource label: UnverifiedStated definition: About 40 million euro per Balkanweb headline. UNVERIFIED: article not reviewed; whether this is the concession or a construction contract is not confirmed.
Date: 2022 · Payer: Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy · Payee: Triport concessionaire (UNVERIFIED)
- Premium construction me 10 mije leke kapital (headline, not confirmed in the original source) (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb (Vetting) · unknown · journalism · SQ
Timeline
Full timeline →Government
Triport: core facts confirmed by BalkanWeb Vetting; 2023 start date still unverified
BalkanWeb Vetting (25 Oct 2026) confirms: tender opened in 2021 (stated value 59 million lek); the Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy declared the consortium winner on 21 Oct 2021; a ten-year concession contract was signed in 2022; the port is still under construction. The article gives no entry-into-force date. The 2023 date in the record rests on the Ministry of Finance Fiscal Risk Statement 2025, whose PDF could not be read (binary, truncated). Status: partly confirmed.
Connections
Premium Construction holds about 92% of the Triport concession company (reported)
Evidence: opencorporates.al data cited by Shqiptarja: the company owns 92% of the concession company; other bidders reportedly sold stakes after the award.
Won Triport Vlorë contract (headline)
Evidence: Balkanweb (Vetting) headline; article not reviewed. Role as concessionaire or contractor not confirmed.
Hypotheses
Possible explanations that connect this record with other findings. They are not findings; each lists the evidence for and against.
- Source label: Unverified
Recently formed, thinly capitalised firms win large state concessions
Premium Construction (reported 10,000 lekë capital, formed months before the Vlorë Triport award) and 2A Group (2% of VIA, later claiming 47% of Mabco) both appear in large state concession files. Check against registry data before drawing conclusions.
Evidence for
- Balkanweb reports Premium Construction had 10,000 lekë capital and was set up about four months before winning the concession (Shqiptarja says two months).
- Citizens.al and Eureporter describe 2A Group's minority position in VIA and its claimed 47% Mabco share purchase, which Mabco disputes.
Evidence against
- Premium Construction's capital and dates differ between Balkanweb and Shqiptarja, so the point is not settled.
- Thin capital alone is not proof of wrongdoing, and no court has ruled on either matter in these sources.
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 4 sources.
Source label: Officially reportedOfficially reported · 1 source
- Publisher
- Ministry of Finance of Albania
- Date
- Jul 2026
Source label: Under investigationUnder investigation · 3 sources
- Publisher
- Balkanweb (Vetting)
- Date
- unknown
- Publisher
- Balkanweb
- Date
- not recorded
- Publisher
- Shqiptarja
- Date
- not recorded