Durres Yachts and Marina company (state-linked joint company)
Ownership as documented
State 33 percent (per SHTEG, 2026). Other shareholders not documented in the sources reviewed.
State 33% stake in marina company (per SHTEG)
Evidence: SHTEG: the Albanian state holds 33 percent of the Durres Marina company and contributed the land.
Description
Joint company for the Durres Yachts and Marina project. Per SHTEG, the Albanian state holds 33 percent and contributed the land and an infrastructure tax. Per the same article, the approved contract replaces the main commercial port with palaces and hotels, and the marina is only planned 'eventually'. The registry extract was not reviewed.
Contracts and money
Developer under Durres marina contract
Evidence: SHTEG and PortsEurope name Eagle Hills as the developer.
Figures recorded for the cases linked to this organisation. A figure here is not necessarily paid to or by this organisation; check payer and payee.
Durres marina Phase One: state-funded cost per SHTEG
€390,000,000
contractSource label: Under investigationStated definition: SHTEG says Phase One costs 390 million euros of Albanian tax money to support a 13.3 million euro investment by the Dubai company. Figure unverified; attributed to the parliamentary contract, which was not reviewed.
Date: 2023 · Payer: Albanian state (taxpayers) · Payee: Eagle Hills / Durres marina company
- Durres marina: from a strategic investment to a profit scheme (opens in a new tab)SHTEG Investigativ · 15 May 2026 · journalism · EN
Eagle Hills own investment and claimed return (per SHTEG)
€80,000,000
otherSource label: Under investigationStated definition: SHTEG: Eagle Hills invested 80 million euros of its own money and planned to earn 572 million euros (615 percent). SHTEG also says 36 million euros was collected via sales contracts. Unverified; no balance sheet reviewed.
Date: 15 May 2026 · Payer: Eagle Hills · Payee: Project (self and buyers)
- Durres marina: from a strategic investment to a profit scheme (opens in a new tab)SHTEG Investigativ · 15 May 2026 · journalism · EN
Officials and people linked
No person is linked to this organisation in the research.
Investigations and cases
Sorted by reported money, then by linked people and their legal status. The money figure is the largest single reported figure, not a total.
From Dec 2020
Durres Yachts and Marina (Eagle Hills / Emaar-linked): 2.5bn superyacht marina and port waterfront
A UAE developer, Eagle Hills, holds the contract for a mixed-use marina and waterfront on the Durres port area. Reporting describes a 2.5 billion dollar scheme including about 12,000 marina homes, a…
Status: Under construction per SHTEG (May 2026); progress and buildings not independently checked
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 1 source.
Source label: Under investigationUnder investigation · 1 source
- Publisher
- SHTEG Investigativ
- Date
- 15 May 2026