Most of the income comes from lighting and vignettes

During the last year, the port authorities in Kotor and Bar achieved total revenues in the amount of 1.494.374 euros, while in the first four months of this year, while the head of the departmental Ministry of Capital Investments was the former minister Mladen Bojanic, those companies earned a total of 179.632 euros.

Last year, the port authorities brought the most money into the state budget from the collection of fees for the use of waterways (popular traffic light fees, i.e. vignettes) paid by foreign ships and yachts sailing in the territorial waters of Montenegro. Last year, a total of 673.559 euros was generated from this.

The next largest income item in the operations of the port authorities last year was the receipts from the issuance of documents and boat inspections (348.091 euros), while last year the port authorities took a total of 337.985 euros from our seafarers in the name of fees for passing professional exams for the acquisition of professional seafarer titles (acquisition or renewal brevet). Last year, the captains in Kotor and Bar collected over 80.000 euros in administrative fees on behalf of the state, while the fees for obtaining the so-called of free traffic for vessels (permits for entering and leaving our ports and marinas), revenues amounted to 45.480 euros.

Last year, boat owners in Montenegro were charged EUR 2.370 in fees for the use of waterways, which is settled during regular inspections of these vessels, and EUR 3.686 in tax on the use of these vessels.

By the way, during the last year, the Directorate for Inspection Supervision in Maritime and Inland Water Traffic of the Ministry of Capital Investments (Navigation Safety Inspection) performed a total of only 108 inspections of ships and boats, made 81 minutes and official notes, passed 58 decisions and issued only 25 misdemeanors. order, although the general situation at sea is far from ideal. Last year, inspectors collected a total of only 8.700 euros in fines from violators of regulations related to the safety of navigation at sea.