CROATIAN PASSENGER COMPANIES AND AGENCY FOR COASTAL LINE PASSENGER TRANSPORT

U ovom radu poglavito je prikazana uloga putničkih brodarskih kompanija Republike Hrvatske, kao i osnovni podaci koji ih obilježavaju čineći ih važnim sudionicima putničkog prometa na Jadranu. Takve kompanije posjeduju putničke brodove koje im omogućuju da, svojom eksploatacijom i obavljanjem svakodnevnog prijevoza putnika i vozila kao glavnog zadatka, i dalje budu u mogućnosti poslovanja i napredovanja. Dodatno tome, putničke brodarske kompanije povezane su s Agencijom za linijski obalni putnički prijevoz koja uglavnom ima ulogu izdavanja koncesije kompanijama kao i zadatak odabiranja adekvatne kompanije za održavanje putničkih linija na Jadranu. Odabir adekvatne kompanije ovisi o kompatibilnosti sa zahtjevima koji su uvjetovani u natječaju. Posebnu ulogu i zadaću ova agencija ima od 1. 1. 2017. o čemu se detaljnije raspravlja u razradi ovoga rada.In this work, it is mainly shown the feature of shipping passenger companies of Republic Croatia, as well as basic datas which characterize them, making it important participants of passenger traffic in Adriatic sea. Such companies have passenger ships which allows them to, with their exploatation and everyday transition of passengers and vehicles as a major mission, have a possibility for even further more operation and evolving. In addition to that, shipping passenger companies are related to Agency for coastal line passenger transport which has a feature of issuing concession to companies as well as a mission of selecting adequate company for maintaining of passenger line in Adriatic sea. The selection of adequate company depends on compatibility with orders which are conditioned in competition. This Agency has special feature and mission from January 1st 2017., which is specified more in elaboration of this work