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ANALYSIS OF CROATIAN PORTS IN RESPECT TO MOTORWAYS OF THE SEA IMPLEMENTATION

The European Commission introduced the concept of Motorways of the Sea (MoS) in its 2001 White Paper on European Transport Policy for 2010 (revised in 2006). Motorways of the Sea refers to the development of key sea routes between EU Member States (and possibly neighbouring third countries) that will offer high quality regular services in combination with other transport modes. Croatian port system is consisting of six equally treated ports, all public ports: Rijeka, Zadar, Šibenik, Split, Ploče and Dubrovnik. Standard quality criteria have been developed by the European Commission to assess projects for Motorways of the Sea. Port system is identified as one of the key elements for efficient development of functional MoS concept. Regarding Croatian transport system, at the moment when no MoS is existing, and based on available and reliable fact, efficiency in port and port infrastructure is the only element which can be analysed and is analysed within this article. This paper will give an overview of multicriterial analysis of present port system and infrastructure all Croatian ports as a prerequisite for sustainable development of MoS.

Motorways of the Sea; sea ports; port system; multi criteria; European Union; Croatia

Ovaj rad je nastao na temelju istraživanja i rada doktoranda (Držane Žgaljić), njegovog mentora (doc.dr.sc. Alena Jugović)te istraživača i nositelja kolegija na doktorskom studiju (prof.dr.sc. Čedomira Dundovića) na EU projektu Adritic MoS (Developing of Motorways of Sea system in Adriatic region).Ugovor broj: 29/2009