In September 1944, 150 ships of the German Black Sea Fleet were sunk in the area of the port of Prahovo (Km 860) because the onward journey through the Iron Gate had been blocked by the Red Army in the meantime. With this order, the Wehrmacht Southern Command also intended to block shipping on the Danube.

Since then, navigation on the Danube and the operation of the port in Prahovo has been restricted by these wrecks. Due to the reduced width of the shipping lane, meeting and overtaking of vessels is not permitted in this area.

Work to expand the capacity and modernise the port of Prahovo near Negotin, eastern Serbia, will begin in September and the entire port complex will be completed by 2024, Serbian Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Tomislav Momirovic announced on Friday.

The port, built in the 1960s, will receive modern infrastructure and warehouses, and the government's goal is to restart operations at the port after decades of decline, Momirovic said.

Serbia's first green terminal for the disposal of ship oil and other waste is also being built at the port, he said.

Momirovic announced that in March or April next year, the salvage of about 150 remaining ships of the German fleet from the Second World War, which still considerably hinder shipping traffic in this part of the Danube, would begin first.

Mull und Partner Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH Hannover is part of a Serbian-German-Austrian consortium with the partners Millennium Team (Serbia) and IC Consulenten (Austria), which won the international tender of the Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure of Serbia and is responsible in this team for the tendering of the services for the salvage of the wrecks and ordnance.

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