Entering by boat: Albania
What to do to enter Albania by sea: the procedures, the papers to present and the ports where you can clear in.
Check with the authorities before you leave (last checked on 28 October 2026).
The steps
- Choose an agent and send boat papers and crew list in advance.
- Q flag, enter a port of entry; the agent comes to the boat.
- Port police (passports), harbour master, Customs, through the agent.
- To move port or leave, repeat the formalities with the agent.
Papers to have on board
- Passports for the whole crew
- Visas, if your nationality requires them
- Crew list
- Boat papers (registration certificate)
- Insurance certificate
- Radio licence
- Going through an agent
Good to know
- An agent is practically required at every port of entry; contact one before arriving (offices often closed at weekends).
- Do not go ashore from an anchorage before clearing in at a port of entry.
- Albanian Coast Guard on VHF 11.
- Navigation tax (by tonnage) and lighthouse levy may apply; carry cash.
- Visitor stay: 90 days in 180 (per Noonsite).
Ports of entry
The ports where you can clear in, and the services available there.
- DurrësCustomsImmigrationHarbour officeAgent required
- HimarëCustomsImmigrationHarbour officeAgent required
- Marina d'OrikumCustomsImmigrationHarbour officeAgent required
- SarandëCustomsImmigrationHarbour officeAgent required
- ShëngjinCustomsImmigrationHarbour officeAgent required
- VlorëCustomsImmigrationHarbour officeAgent required
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This information is gathered from public sources and sailors’ experience. It does not replace the country’s authorities, whose word is final: check before you leave.