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Logistic Chain in the Function of Optimising Port System

By studying the traffic function of port systems from the aspect of logistics, a comprehensive overview is provided, regarding benefits offered by the port in uniting all traffic branches and integrating activities which meet the requirements of the customers and the environment both in its wider and narrower sense. Logistic plays an important role in optimising port functions and in increasing its competitiveness conditioned by greater efficiency and achieving better economic results (offering the best price for customer services) and in connecting the transport chain participants. The study of the transportation chain as part of the logistic chain requires the study of traffic process entities, means introduced in the system of maritime traffic, their requirements and needs and the operating space and time. Studying the importance and position of the port system from the logistic aspect, one can directly influence the organisation and success of cargo distribution. The logistic chain is created by introducing a greater number of entities and mediators in the cargo distribution, thus allowing the flow of goods with very few standstills. By integrating the port system with the environment, and based on the clearly defined interrelations and interdependencies of single elements of the logistic process the logistic chain is created, with the port being an important link as the distribution and logistic centre. The continuity of the cargo flow from the sender to the receiver and the interdisciplinary approach by the participants in its distribution and transportation provides the basic starting point for analysing and studying the port system in the logistic chain.

Transport chain; maritime traffic; port systems; integration

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