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Competitiveness of Port of Rijeka

The Port of Rijeka is the most important port in the Republic of Croatia, and also the biggest port on the Adriatic Sea. It is a port of national interest opened to national and international public traffic. The significance of the port of Rijeka has been recognized by the European Union, which considers it as a crucial point in strategy of the further development of multimodal European network. Important characteristic of the Port of Rijeka isits closeness to the capitals of neighbour countries while most of them are from countries with large overseas goods exchange. Considering that Croatia became the European Union Member state in July 2013, to the port of Rijeka ‐ the biggest Croatian port ‐ same conditions have been provided as to its greatest competitors ‐ the ports of Koper and Trieste. In order to establish wheather the Croatian membership in the European Union has had a positive effect on the competitiveness of the port of Rijeka, the safety indicators and the activity ratios for the period before and after the membership in the European Union, more precisely for the period from 2010 till 2016, will be analysed, based on the annual financial reports.

Croatia, competitiveness, Pan‐European corridors, Port of Rijeka, profitability

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