Albania's largest construction scandal: How the Navy Buildings in Durres are sinking

A sudden announcement of the National Territorial Protection Inspectorate has uncovered the scandal, confirming that the Navy's 2 buildings have been sunk, one eight inches [28 cm] and the other 18cm. But diving can follow, as the project is under way, and thousands of trucks and inerts have moved to the territory that once was the Durres Port, the largest in Albania, but has already become a corner, pending the shift to Porto Romano.

Vox News It has analysed dozens of documents, construction permits, agreement between the parties, documents at the National Business Centre, which shed light on the real causes of this dive, where the investor, which is the firm of the Emirates and the Albanian state itself and then the design and construction firms, lies at the top. Meanwhile, this stock society has contracted a design firm, while the firm that has built the buildings is “Elmazaj”, transmits Periscopi.

Facsimal: IKMT's announcement of the sinking of the Durres Navy, where two buildings have sunk by 28 and 18cm

On May 13, 2026, The IKMT issued an announcement regarding the sustainability and safety of two of the project objects “Durreme Marina”. It's about two buildings, whose permission was granted in 2023, 10 and 8 stories, where the 8 - story high object of 8th floor has suffered a 28 - inch [28 cm] drop. Meanwhile, on the same notice, The IKMT says the four-story high ten stories above the ground and 1 floor underground has suffered an 18-inch drop.

“judicialised by these findings, The IKMT is officially addressed to the project's implementation company, calling for the immediate takeover of measures for implementation of necessary technical reinforcements that ensure the sustainability of the facilities. This reinforcements project, ahead of implementation, must receive approval from the legal authorities responsible for ensuring that the technical conditions of planning and implementation of construction works”It says on this notice.

Document: Building permit and project planning to be sunk was approved by KKT in August 2023

Vox News has investigated other documents, by the National Council of Territority and Water, for the sinking project, where construction permits were granted in 2023, respectively, in August. In fact, the construction of two U's buildings, which are high by 8 and 10 of them, is on this permit, while the parameters and everything else are in the document.

Normally, if other law enforcement institutions are going to investigate this scandal, as millions of euros are sinking, the documents are obvious, with names of investors, with the names of persons administrators, both private and even state, as a share in the Durres Navy is state.

The development subject is “Merina of Durres”, a shareholder society that has recently increased capital by a total of 6m euros, according to a transfer made by the United Arab Emirates in terms of the company's account.

Document: The balance of the company “Elmazaj Constructure” that has completed the construction of 2 building of “Durres Marina”

Vox News has learned that the firm develops several contracts with local firms for the construction of buildings. It is learned that two firms are working mostly in that area, “Elmazaj” and “Salillary” The first company, “Elmazaj Constructure”, has performed works on the two Navy buildings that have been sunk, while its two owners, the Finer and Mirel Elmazaj, must account, whether in the employer or in the law enforcement of what the truth stands.

In these days, firms will be justified that “we are within guarantees”, but the fact remains how they will point it into quotas or how they will raise the building to those parameters that have been granted construction permits. Two are the possibilities, or the PKKTU, to approve a new permit or these firms to tear down and remake the first two palaces, already built. But besides these buildings, the whole project is at stake, as it can break and have the same fate as building number 02 and 04.

Vox News has been reviewing documents from the QB for Elmazaj, which finds a company that has received dozens of state jobs or tenders, as it is put in place on several major projects, such as a cover of names or other firms. But it seems that these constructions have made “paint”, despite the fact that it was a profit in 2025. Of these, 56 million spent it on investment, and 40 million were distributed.

A year before it engaged with Durres Marina, the company declared in 2024 that it made a profit of 12.3 million dollars, of which 12 million were divided, and left several coins for investments.

Document: The sinking buildings were designed by X Company Plan

Vox News translated other documents from the National Council of Territorial and Water, which turns out that the two buildings that are sinking are designed by the X firm Plan Studio, a company founded in 2010. This company deals with the design and implementation of construction works, reconstruction, supervision, or collusion of the works.