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Contemporary Role of Inland Waterway Transport Activity - Its Place in Development of Economic Cooperation and Integration Process with Special Reference to the Role of Vukovar River Port

The present globalization process has naturally attracted great attention from economic point of view and from legal point of view as well. The purpose of this article is not to analyze the relevant aspects of globalization process, but rather to examine the role of inland waterway transport in Croatia. This article aims at offering a role of river Danube in whole process of economic cooperation and integration process in Europe with possible benefits to Croatia. The focus of this article also will be on the place of river port Vukovar at Danube. The rules governing transport of goods by river overlap in many situation with the rules governing the carriage of good by sea. But, this article will shed new light on the issue of carriage of goods by river. The perspective is becoming more important after of adoption a new Budapest Convention on the Contract for the carriage of Goods by Inland Waterways, CMNI, Budapest, 2000. Croatia signed the Convention in Budapest on June, 22, 2001 and adopted and ratified it by the Act of Croatian Assembly on June 17, 2004 (See: Official Gazette, nr. 10/2004). As it was previously mentioned a special attention will be paid to the river port Vukovar. Not only because the river port of Vukovar is on the river Danube as the biggest river of Croatia, not only because the river port of Vukovar is one of the biggest port, even among the sea ports, but because of the fact that through the river Danube we are connected with many countries in Europe and even further to a greater distance. Interdisciplinary approach – economic and legal is always welcome. The authors wish to promote it as it is the aim of the whole Conference. As it is well known the same issue may be seen differently when observed from different angles, but the authors aim is to draw an attention to policy reasons and mere facts why do we need to promote inland waterways carriage of goods. They stress the importance of Vukovar river port, as well. Scientific background is included. Presentation of relevant legal documents is needed, too.

globalization ; inland waterways transport ; river ports ; economic development ; law issues ; Danube ; river port Vukovar

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