The competitiveness of logistic directions in Republic of Croatia and comparison of the port of Ploče with encirclement

Tema ovog rada je prikaz konkurentnosti logističkih pravaca u Republici Hrvatskoj te usporedba luke Ploče sa njezinim konkurentskim okruženjem. U radu je objašnjena važnost uloge logistike u poslovanju, te kroz najvažniju granu logistike, transport, prikazuje se slika svih prometnih pravaca u Republici Hrvatskoj i njezinoj povezanosti sa najbitnijim Europskim prometnim pravcima. Nadalje, istraživani su ključni elementi cestovnog, željezničkog, zračnog i pomorskog prometa kao dijela logističke podrške potrebne za razvoj i povećanje međusobne povezanosti ovih logističkih elemenata u svrhu razvoja i racionalizacije poslovanja u Republici Hrvatskoj. Nakon postavljanja i iznošenja teorijskih teza, kao predmet istraživanja ovoga rada uzeta je luka Ploče koja je druga najveća teretna luka na Jadranu te je od posebnog značaja i strateške važnosti za Republiku Hrvatsku. Također se iznose osnovni podaci o luci Ploče, upravo kako bi se istaknula važnost i značaj njezinog geografskog i geoprometnog položaja. Kako bi upotpunili sliku poslovanja, na kraju je analiziran cjelokupni promet luke te je uspoređen sa svim njezinim konkurentima u određenom vremenskom razdobljuThe topic of this paper is an overview of the competitiveness of logistics routes in the Republic of Croatia and a comparison of the Port of Ploče with its competitive environment. The paper explains the importance of the role of logistics in business, and through the most important branch of logistics, transport, shows an image of all traffic directions in the Republic of Croatia and its connection with the most important European traffic directions. In addition, key elements of road, rail, air and maritime traffic were investigated as part of the logistics support needed to develop and increase the interconnection of these logistics elements for the purpose of development and rationalization of operations in the Republic of Croatia. After the establishment and presentation of theoretical theses, the port of Ploče, which is the second largest freight port on the Adriatic, is taken as the subject of this paper and is of particular importance and strategic importance for the Republic of Croatia. The basic data on the port of Ploče are also given, in order to emphasize the importance and significance of its geographic and geopolitical position. In order to complete the business image, the overall port traffic was analyzed and compared to all its competitors over a given period of time