In September 1944, 150 ships of the German Black Sea Fleet were sunk in the Prahovo harbour area (km 860) because the Red Army had blocked the onward journey through the Iron Gate in the meantime. The Wehrmacht's Southern Command also intended to block shipping traffic on the Danube with this order.

Since then, navigation on the Danube and the operation of the harbour in Prahovo has been restricted by these wrecks. Due to the reduced width of the shipping lane, ships are not permitted to pass or overtake 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, the Serbian Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure, Tomislav Momirovic, announced on Friday.

The harbour, 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 in the harbour, he said.

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

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 explosive ordnance.

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