Announced new ferry lines might not operate this season

The leadership of the Brijuni National Park did not meet the needs of Pula and Fažana‘s small shipowners who were looking for better financial conditions for sailing on the territory of the park. NP Brijuni remained of the opinion that it would not reduce the price of the concession for shipowners.

A meeting was held between representatives of small shipping companies in Pula and Fažana and the management of the Brijuni National Park with the aim of finding an agreement on the long-standing problem of charging a concession for the passage of excursion tours near Brijuni.

Before the meeting, the shipowners prepared three proposals and also said that if one of them is not accepted, they will be forced to sail elsewhere, for example to Kamenjak. The meeting, which the media were not allowed to attend, was convened by the management of the Brijuni National Park.

After almost three hours, the director of Brijuni, Marno Milotić, said that in the end, they stayed on the conditions that the management considers to be the most honest. According to this modality, shipowners would pay one kuna out of season and one kuna and 70 lipas per season, according to the registered number of passengers, for each entrance to the Park area. In addition, shipowners will have the opportunity to choose between two payment models. The first option allows them to pay a lump sum per day, and the second charge only when they sail and do business, or when they enter within the boundaries of the Park.

The president of the Association of Small Shipowners of the Istrian County, Pavle Orešnik, briefly commented that 90% of shipowners cannot stand such conditions, so many of them will have to give up.

The tender for the state line Lopar-Valbiska stopped again

Due to the appeal, the tender for the selection of a shipowner that will provide the public service of public coastal liner shipping on the state ferry line Lopar – Valbiska and vice versa was stopped again.

Information on the appeal was published in the public procurement procedure in question in the Electronic Public Procurement Notice of the Republic of Croatia.

Until the decision of the State Commission for the Control of Public Procurement Procedures on appeal, no action will be taken in the procedure, and the opening of bids scheduled for March 4, 2021, will also not take place.

Upon receipt of the decision of the State Commission for the Control of Public Procurement Procedures, the Coastal Liner Transport Agency shall inform the public about the further course of the procedure and take the necessary actions in accordance with it.

Source: Glasistre.hr, Morski.hr