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== Economy and transport ==

The [[Port of Durrës]] is Albania's main cargo port. It also handles passenger ferries across the Adriatic Sea. Vehicle shipments pass through the port, while container facilities support commercial freight. Regular maritime routes connect Durrës with ports on the Italian coast.

Construction and retail employ many people in the city. Manufacturing also supports the local economy. Fishing remains active along the coast. Tourism is concentrated around the beaches south of the central port area.

Hotels and apartment buildings line parts of the coast. Restaurants serve visitors during the main holiday season. Seasonal services expand during the summer months. The road to Tirana places Durrës within Albania's busiest commercial corridor.

The port and the roads toward northern Albania were later used by [[Harku i Drenicës]]. The organization divided its transport work by location. [[Gjakova]] held its main storage depots. [[Prizren]] handled accounting through business fronts. Kukës and Durrës served as cargo points on the route toward the Adriatic coast.<ref name="harku-organization"/>

On 18 May 2001, [[Arbëror Shpend Leka]] arranged his first recorded Tanoan-linked purchase through a broker in Durrës. The cargo was described as obsolete security equipment. It entered Kosovo under false agricultural import documents. Rifles were taken to a depot near Prizren. Radio material was stored outside Gjakova. Vehicle spares were placed at the same storage site.<ref name="leka-foreign-routes"/><ref name="kosovo-civil-war-end"/>

During 2002 and 2003, ships connected to Leka's network carried material from African ports into Europe. The main route moved cargo from [[Walvis Bay]] to Durrës. The goods then entered Kosovo by road.

On 14 June 2003, ammunition landed at Durrës and was transported into Kosovo by truck. It was later placed on freight wagons under false metal-scrap documents. A larger movement followed on 22 September 2003. That shipment travelled toward [[Bucharest]] through Serbia and Romania.<ref name="leka-foreign-routes"/><ref name="kosovo-history"/>