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The impact of port infrastructure and container traffic on the regional development: evidence from Port of Rijeka

International transport of goods ; especially maritime transport ; is mainly based on container transport ; and seaports and container terminals have a strategic importance for regional economic development. The Port of Rijeka is of strategic interest to the Republic of Croatia due to its geostrategic location in the northern Adriatic and its proximity to Central and Eastern European member states. In order to take advantage of its position and opportunities ; valuable and diverse infrastructure projects are being implemented in the Port of Rijeka. In this paper ; we focus on the infrastructure project of the Zagreb Deep Sea Container Terminal ; one of the most important components of the Rijeka Gateway project. The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact of container traffic in Rijeka on regional economic development and to predict the impact of future container traffic of the new Zagreb Deep Sea Container Terminal ; taken over under a 50-year concession agreement with APM Terminals ; part of AP Moller Maersk and Energia Naturalis (ENNA). In order to achieve the aim of the research and estimate the impact of container traffic ; but also to predict the impact of Zagreb Deep Sea container terminal on regional development ; a regression analysis is used. This research provides new insights into the importance of infrastructural development and the opportunities and possibilities of the Port of Rijeka to position itself as an important logistics hub for the EU seaborne trade.

infrastructure ; container terminal ; Zagreb Deep Sea ; Rijeka Gateway ; regional economic development ; seaborne trade

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