Port of Durrës
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The Port of Durrës is Albania’s largest and busiest seaport, serving as a major Adriatic maritime hub for trade and passenger traffic in the Balkans.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Durrës Naval Base | 1 |
| Port of Durrës canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7501095 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Port of Durrës Context triple: [Central Albania, hasTransportInfrastructure, Port of Durrës]
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A.
Port of Vlora
The Port of Vlora is a major seaport in southwestern Albania that serves as an important hub for maritime trade and passenger transport on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas.
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B.
Port of Saranda
The Port of Saranda is a small but important coastal harbor in southern Albania that serves as a gateway for passenger ferries, cruise ships, and local maritime traffic along the Ionian Sea.
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C.
Durrës
Durrës is a major port city on the Adriatic coast of Albania, historically significant as a strategic maritime gateway and one of the country’s oldest urban centers.
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D.
Port of Tivat
Port of Tivat is a coastal harbor and marina town in Montenegro, known for its yachting facilities and location along the Adriatic Sea.
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E.
Port of Bar
The Port of Bar is Montenegro’s main seaport on the Adriatic Sea, serving as a key maritime gateway for the country’s trade and transportation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Port of Durrës Target entity description: The Port of Durrës is Albania’s largest and busiest seaport, serving as a major Adriatic maritime hub for trade and passenger traffic in the Balkans.
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A.
Port of Vlora
The Port of Vlora is a major seaport in southwestern Albania that serves as an important hub for maritime trade and passenger transport on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas.
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B.
Port of Saranda
The Port of Saranda is a small but important coastal harbor in southern Albania that serves as a gateway for passenger ferries, cruise ships, and local maritime traffic along the Ionian Sea.
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C.
Durrës
Durrës is a major port city on the Adriatic coast of Albania, historically significant as a strategic maritime gateway and one of the country’s oldest urban centers.
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D.
Port of Tivat
Port of Tivat is a coastal harbor and marina town in Montenegro, known for its yachting facilities and location along the Adriatic Sea.
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E.
Port of Bar
The Port of Bar is Montenegro’s main seaport on the Adriatic Sea, serving as a key maritime gateway for the country’s trade and transportation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
seaport
ⓘ
transport infrastructure ⓘ |
| connectedBy |
railway network
ⓘ
road network ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Ancona
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bari NERFINISHED ⓘ Croatia NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek ports ⓘ Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ Montenegro NERFINISHED ⓘ Trieste NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Albania ⓘ |
| distanceToCapital | approximately 33 km from Tirana ⓘ |
| handles |
cargo traffic
ⓘ
passenger traffic ⓘ |
| hasApproximateAnnualCargoThroughput | several million tons of cargo ⓘ |
| hasApproximateAnnualPassengerTraffic | over one million passengers ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
bulk cargo terminal
ⓘ
container terminal ⓘ ferry terminal ⓘ passenger terminal ⓘ ro-ro terminal ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
passenger ferry terminal
ⓘ
trade gateway for Albania ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance | one of the oldest ports on the Adriatic ⓘ |
| hasStrategicImportanceFor |
Albania
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
regional trade in the Balkans ⓘ |
| isBusiestPortIn | Albania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isLargestPortIn | Albania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Durrës NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnBodyOfWater | Adriatic Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyAirport | Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Durrës NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Port Authority of Durrës NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Adriatic Sea trade routes ⓘ |
| region | Balkans ⓘ |
| role | gateway between Western Balkans and EU markets ⓘ |
| serves |
Albanian economy
ⓘ
Balkan region ⓘ |
| servesAs | major Adriatic maritime hub ⓘ |
| timezone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| timezoneDST | Central European Summer Time ⓘ |
| UNLocode | ALDRZ ⓘ |
| usedFor |
export of goods
ⓘ
import of goods ⓘ international passenger transport ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Port of Durrës Description of subject: The Port of Durrës is Albania’s largest and busiest seaport, serving as a major Adriatic maritime hub for trade and passenger traffic in the Balkans.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Durrës Naval Base