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The North Adriatic Ports Association (NAPA) is an association of five North Adriatic
seaport A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as H ...
s: Port of Koper,
Port of Rijeka The Port of Rijeka ( hr, Luka Rijeka, ) is a seaport in Rijeka, Croatia, located on the shore of the Kvarner Gulf in the Adriatic Sea. The first records of the port date to 1281. It was the main port of the Kingdom of Hungary in the 19th century ...
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Port of Trieste The Free Port of Trieste is a port in the Adriatic Sea in Trieste, Italy. It's the most important commercial port of Italy with a trade volume of 62 million tonnes. It is subdivided into 5 different Free Areas, 3 of which have been allotted to ...
, Port of Venice and Port of Ravenna. Total throughput of the common branded five NAPA ports was 101.44 million tonnes in 2009 prior to Rijeka joining NAPA. Total 2010 throughput is 120 million tonnes and container throughput is 1.471.908 TEUs In March 2010, the NAPA was established by port authorities of Trieste, Ravenna, Venice and Koper in
Trieste Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into prov ...
with an aim of asserting position of the ports in respect of the
European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...
and its transport patterns. The Port of Rijeka joined the NAPA in November 2010. The NAPA aims to harmonize information systems and organizational setup of the member ports in order to attract as much shipping to the area as possible. The project was scheduled to be completed by 2013. The Port of Ravenna resigned in November 2012 and rejoined in 2017.


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http://www.portsofnapa.com/index.php?t=news&l=en&id=111 Port authorities Adriatic Sea {{Port-stub