Montenegro's Barska Plovidba is planning to open talks over a newbuilding in China.
It wants a new ro-pax to run between Bar and the Italian port of Bari.
"A team was set up to hold talks with Chinese partners on the potential construction of a new ferry boat," the director of Barska's tour agency, Sanja Tomasevic, said in a video posted on the website of Montenegrin public broadcaster Radio Televizija Crne Gore (RTCG).