About us

Our Commitment

"We will become the profitable Preferred Gateway by focusing on all stakeholder’s requirements, by ensuring an engaged and efficient Team, with world class performance management, security and environmental focus, and hilighted by offering an unmatched Simplified Experience that always exceeds our customers expectations."

ICTSI ACQUIRES, DEVELOPS, AND OPERATES CONTAINER PORTS AND TERMINALS WORLDWIDE

Established in December 1987 in the Philippines, ICTSI has become a leading operator, innovator and pioneer in its field. Soon after consolidating and strengthening our flagship operations at the Manila International Container Terminal, we launched an international and domestic expansion program and today, we operate in many countries across the world, employing more than 7,000 people. Along our journey, we developed the world’s first fully automated international container handling facility at Victoria International Container Terminal (Melbourne, Australia).

Throughout our history we have set out to achieve excellence and have established new standards in our field.  We have an unparalleled track record in acquiring terminals and adding substantial value by enhancing their efficiency.  Our knowledge, skills and expertise also enables us to navigate and operate in different political and economic environments.

We take pride in our partnerships and work closely alongside governments and local authorities who are divesting themselves of maritime port assets through privatisation or sale. 

The support of our stakeholders is a key element of our prosperity and we always strive to exceed their expectations of us.

Our Purpose

TO MAKE PORTS AROUND THE WORLD A DRIVER FOR POSITIVE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH

At ICTSI, we work tirelessly to develop and operate efficient and sustainable port facilities and deliver the highest possible benefits to our customers, partners, people, shareholders, and to the communities we serve.

Our Values

ICTSI’s commitment to our partners and communities began more than three decades ago in the Philippines.  Our projects and terminals now extend across six continents and are anchored around many of the same founding values that have underpinned our sustainable approach to growing our business and our host economies.  Our five values guide our behaviour and form the foundation of our purpose:

History of Port Rijeka

In the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age Rijeka has developed as a port-town under the Habsburg rule. The town could not scientifically expand its trade activity nor port due to a strong sea blockade from much stronger neighbour – the Republic of Venice. This city-state on the opposite side of the Adriatic coast perceived itself as the master of the Adriatic which also called Golfo di Venetia. Thus Rijeka’s port was used just for small ships which navigated along the shore under the Habsburg rule.

 
The new age in Rijeka’s history started with the Habsburg Emperor Charles the VI who due to the changes of the global political scene had the power to break Venetian dominance and declared free navigation in the Adriatic Sea. In 1717 he also proclaimed Trieste and Rijeka free ports. Those places were to become the key for the Habsburg expanding trade politics, the main import/export ports and maritime connections to other ports of the Mediterranean and the rest of the world. Charles the VI visited Rijeke in 1728 in order to be able to understand how the town and port is developing. Charles’ daughter Empress Maria Theresa went even further in development of the Habsburg sea power. In 1776 she suggested Rijeka to become a separate unit within the Hungarina-Croatian crown carried by the Habsburg family. Rijeka was to developed as a corpus separated governed directly by the Hungarian Diet represented by a Hungarian nobleman who obtained duty of the Rijeka’s Governor. This was the basis for the establishment of Rijeka’s autonomy. The first Rijeka’s governor was Josephus Mailath of Szekely.

The main port of Rijeka was on the river mouth Fiumara where smaller ships could berth while large ships would anchor in the fort of the city. At the second half of the 18th century there were many plans for building port’s infrastructure and improve the sail in the Fiumara area. The problems there were related to the fact that River Rječina would, especially in the winter/springtime period brought a lot of sand and stones which would increase the river bottom and impeded sailing into the port of Fiumara. Maintaining and cleaning of the river mouth was an expensive task which was repeated every year. Thus the new solutions were to found. Alongside with this, Andrija Ljudevit Adamić, a Rijeka’s entrepreneur started with huge investments into maritime and trade connections between Rijeka and United Kingdom despite French interference during Napoleon’s wars. Even then, the archival sources show that Rijeka had intensive maritime connections with Ottoman ports on the Mediterranean.


After the renewal of the Hungarian government in Rijeka (1822.) when the Rijeka Gubernium was re-established under the St. Stephens crown (after the Napoleon’s troubles), Hungarian government showed major interest in turning Rijeka into the main port for the export of the Hungarian agricultural products. This happened along with growing of Hungarian opposition to Habsburg government and economic strength was a way of liberation for the Hungarian revolutionists. In 1845 Lajos Kossuth, the leader of the Hungarian opposition (and leader of the revolution 1848/49) came to Rijeka. His main interest was to explore possibilities to build the shortest railway between port of Rijeka and Hungarian grain fields. At the same time there were discussions what to do to improve the capacities of the port – to renew the port of Fiumara or to take a completely new approach in building the port in the open sea at the front of the town. According to the plans of a French engineer Hillarion Pasqual who was the author of the new Marseilles port project, in the 1840s the building of the new Rijeka’s port started. The first steps were undertaken in the zone of the Piazza Szapary (today there is the Rijeka open market and the theatre). There the first dams were made and gradually expanded into the piers which was the beginning of the new port in Rijeka. This was a completely new approach and Rijeka was along with Marseilles and Trieste the only port where this new technology of port building was applied.


The Hungarian revolution and war against Habsburgs (1848-1849) stopped the plans for the building of a railway between Rijeka and Budapest. This railway finally opened much later in 1873. In the mean time Rijeka lost a lot of traffic which was diverted to the port of Trieste. Nevertheless Hungarian government put great effort to improve the lost time and made Rijeka main port for the whole east part of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. The archival documents allow us to follow the increasing traffic of the Rijeka’s port at the end of the 19th century. Many important companies had their headquarters here (such as Ungaro-Croata shipping company). Rijeka became the main port for the emigrants to the new world – Americas. Majority of the people who left Austro-Hungary in the late 19th and beginning of the 20th century to America passed through the port of Rijeka. The hotel Emigrant was built near to the port for the purpose of accepting all of these specific passengers. The British company Cunard Line had their ships sailing directly from Rijeka to New York twice a month.


After WWI Rijeka became a part of the Kingdom of Italy, cut off from its natural hinterland and isolated from economic connections on the far end of this new homeland. This caused slow decline of the city and degradation into a provincial town. On the other side of the newly established border (1924) between the Kingdom of Italy and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes a new port – the town of Sušak was growing. The border demarcation determined the river Rječina as the border and the main port infrastructure belonged to Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes including the main railway and other necessary infrastructure. Thus the port of Sušak (Porto Baross) began to grow its potential becoming the main port for the new country as well as for the countries which used to be eastern part of the Austro-Hungarian Kingdom. While Rijeka was declining, Sušak was growing thanks to the connections to its wide hinterland which put it as the natural connection to the rest of the world by sea.

At the very end of WWII Allies bombed the port of Rijeka occupied by German Nazis. After the popular liberation in 1945 the port was rebuilt. The unified city – Rijeka and Sušak, allowed again development of the port under the Yugoslavian government where Rijeka became the largest and the most important port.

Turbulent years at the end of the 20th century again caused decline of Rijeka’s port. New independent Croatia passed through negative process of privatisation and transformation of economic system which negatively influenced development of Rijeka’s port. The old railway and not such as good road connections once again withdrawn Rijeka from the list of the most important Eastern – European Gates to the Sea.

GATE OPS (Trucks, Rail)

MONDAY - FRIDAY: 06:30 - 22:30

SATURDAY: 06:30 - 14:30

VESSEL OPS

NON - STOP

This procedure is intended for all foreign visitors, forwarding agents, external drivers, vendors, business partners, shipping agents etc.

All visitors must have a permit to enter issued by:

• Port of Rijeka Authority – issues permits for one-day visit, visit up to 5 days, temporary or permanent permit (freight forwarders, shipping agents, suppliers etc.)
• HSSE AGCT – issues permits exclusively to the visitors which are coming for a one-day visit to the container terminal (permit issued by HSSE AGCT is valid up to 5 days)

For the permit issuance by HSSE AGCT, the copy of ID card must be submitted at least 12 hours before the planned visit, or the form “visitor appointment” must be fulfilled. Incomplete and incorrectly completed forms will not be taken into account. Visitors entering the Terminal with the vehicles must have a vehicle permit issued by the Port of Rijeka Authority.

In order to increase safety on the ‘AGCT’, foreign visitors vehicles if they move around terminal yard must:

• Be properly labeled with the label from organization that vehicles belong to
• Must have a rotating yellow light (beacon light) in a visible place (the roof)
• Strictly comply with traffic signs posted at the terminal
• In the case that there are no rotating lights, necessary to include all the warning lights (4 flashers)
• The speed on the terminal is 10 km/ h
• Terminal equipment (auto cranes, tractors with trailers) must have a right of way

All foreign visitors are required to fully and regardless of the duration of visit observe safety regulations that apply to the terminal:

• Smoking is prohibited except in areas designated for that
• The use of reflective clothing (vest) is mandatory
• It is forbidden to enter the terminal with inadequate footwear; clogs, summer slippers, sports shoes, etc.
• For the passage to the administration building is necessary to use yellow lines marked on the road
• To the area where the manipulation of containers takes place,visitors can go only with previous appointment with AGCT HSSE department that will give all necessary instructions and the necessary protective equipment.

Adriatic Gate Container Terminal

provides marine container terminal services related primarily to container yard activities
but also provides CFS depot and auxiliary services. All services are related to containers and cargo transported in containers such as:

• Container loading and discharging from vessel
• Container receipt and delivery from trucks
• Container receipt and delivery from rail

• Cargo stripping and stuffing
• Assistance during customs inspection, sealing
• Cargo warehousing

This document describes operations processes implemented at AGCT which contributes to our goal to give our customers the best possible service in the most efficient and optimal manner. All cargo and vessel processing is done through Terminal Operating System (TOS) NAVIS. It also includes internal processes as well as interaction processes with 3rd parties needed in order to provide smooth and clear container flow through AGCT. Main interaction parties are the shipping lines (local agents and vessel planners), freight forwarders and rail operators/dispatchers.

AGCT_-_Operation_handbook_for_clients.pdf

JADRANSKA VRATA dioničko društvo za poslovanje kontejnerskim terminalom, JADRANSKA VRATA d.d.

• Abbreviation: ADRIATIC GATE j.s.c
• Registered seat: 51 000 Rijeka, Hrvatska - Croatia
• Year of founding: 2001
• Company registration / tax number (MB): 040164791
• Personal identification number (OIB): 80300395055

• Phone: +385 51 332 806
• Fax: +385 51 373 007
• Adress: Brajdica 16, P.O.Box 129
• E-mail: info@ictsi.hr
• Web www.ictsi.hr

• Court of entry, registration number in the Court Registry (MBS): Commercial Court in Rijeka, Tt-12/7056-2, MBS 040164791

Company, headquarters of the legal entity in charge of payment transactions, account numbers:

• RAIFFEISEN BANK AUSTRIA d.d., Petrinjska 59, 10000 Zagreb, IBAN:HR3124840081105791546
• Core capital: 23.933.000,00 kuna and it was fully deposited
• Number of shares issued: The company has issued a total of 58310 ordinary shares (par value of each share is 100,00 kn).
• Management Board: Wojciech Szymulewicz, Goran Manfreda, Jacob Gulmann
• Supervisory Board Chairman: Borislav Maletić
• Personal Data Protection Officer: Ivana Forenbaher, e-mail: agct-gdpr@ictsi.hr

Company's Business Partners Privacy Notice.pdf

Employee Data Privacy Notice.pdf