[4] Founded in 1955 in Dubrovnik, the company works mostly in the dry bulk and heavy lift markets,[5] serving both domestic and international clients.

[1] These nine ships were nationalized and given to the Yugoslav company Jugolinija based in Rijeka, leaving Dubrovnik with no merchant fleet.

After several years, citizens of Dubrovnik petitioned Yugoslavia's State Executive Committee to denationalize the fleet.

In addition to tripling its tonnage, the new-building programme cut the average ship age to 17 years.

At the conclusion of the war, Atlantska Plovidba, was second only to a state-owned company in registering its ships under the Croatian flag.

[1] By 2001, the fleet had a capacity of 779,378 DWT and the company started to diversify its operations into other industries.

[6] The Dubrovnik shipowner reported on Thursday, 7 September 2023, about the sale of the ship AP Libertas with a carrying capacity of 75,200 DWT, which was in the fleet of this company since 2018.

[13] Atlantska plovidba manages a fleet of 12 bulk carriers of which 4 are panamax, 4 supramax and 2 handymax and one kamsarmax.