On February 27th 2020, a round table discussion was held at Istrian Development Agency within METRO project, gathered by about 30 interested participants from the private and public sector in the field of shipbuilding, tourism and maritime transport.
The meeting was attended by representatives of project partners Tehnomont Shipyard Pula, Faculty of Engineering and Maritime Studies from Rijeka, then private company Tema Ltd. from Pula, representatives of Port Authorities of Pula, Rovinj, Poreč and Rabac, Harbour Master’s office Pula, tourist agencies, representatives of Istrian Development Tourist Agency, Region of Istria and Croatian Chamber of Economy.
Participants have discussed about current situation in the field of maritime transport and potentials that Istria county have for development of this sector.
They also discussed about development of port infrastructure in the Istria County, in terms of designing ports infrastructure for RO-RO ferries and other hybrid-powered ships with associated charging stations, existing and potentially new transboundary maritime routes in the North Adriatic as well as many other topics.
Director of Istrian Development Agency, Boris Sabatti, Ph.D. pointed out that the main objective within METRO project, is to encourage the process of introducing new technologies in the field of maritime transport between Italy and Croatia, and to increase awareness for environmental sustainability of the North Adriatic sea.
