DEVELOPMENT OF THE RIJEKA PORT BASINS WITH SPECIAL REGARD ON ZAGREB PIER CONTAINER TERMINAL

Rijeka je najveća hrvatska luka, činjenica je da unatoč tome njen potencijal nije u potpunosti iskorišten. Zahvaljujući svom geostrateškom položaju te prirodnim karakteristikama Riječkog zaljeva, luka Rijeka ima potencijal razviti se u jednu od glavnih kontejnerskih luka sjevernog Jadrana. Unatoč navedenim prednostima, najveći problem Riječke luke je taj što je nekoliko terminala uključujući Zagrebačku obalu, praktički smještena u centar grada što izaziva velike poteškoće prilikom daljnje otpreme tereta. Što se tiče same prometne infrastrukture Rijeka je u velikom zaostatku za ostalim sjevernojadranskim lukama. Da bi Zagrebačka obala bila učinkovita od vitalne je važnosti izgradnja željeznice i ceste koje će omogućiti multimodalni prijevoz robe prema Riječkom zaleđu. Projekt Zagrebačke obale jedan je od najvažnijih dijelova projekta „Rijeka Gateway“ upravo zbog činjenice da na sebe veže niz drugih projekata čija se izgradnja dovodi u pitanje zbog konstantnih odgađanja realizacije same Zagrebačke obale.Rijeka is the largest Croatian harbor, the fact is that despite this, its potential is not fully exploited. Thanks to its geostrategic position and natural features of the Rijeka Bay, the port of Rijeka has the potential to develop into one of the main container ports of the northern Adriatic. Despite the above mentioned advantages, the biggest problem of Rijeka harbor is that a few of the terminals including the Zagreb pier terminal, which are located in the city center, are causing great difficulties in further cargo transportation. As far as transport infrastructure itself is concerned, Rijeka is in a major derailment with other northern Adriatic ports. For the Zagreb pier terminal to be efficient, it is vitally important to build a railway and road that will enable multimodal transportation of goods to the hinterland of Rijeka. The Zagreb Pier terminal project is one of the most important parts of the Rijeka Gateway project precisely because of the fact that it joins a number of other projects whose construction is being questioned due to the constant delay of the realization of the Zagreb pier terminal itself