Management and Services in Main Croatian Ports

Morske luke i pomorski promet ključne su pomorske aktivnosti koje omogućuju europskim obalnim zemljama da imaju koristi od brzog rasta međunarodne trgovine. Stoga je upravlja-nje lukama postalo središte interesa vlada i žarište istraživanja za poboljšanje učinkovitosti. Republika Hrvatska zbog svog zemljopisnog položaja, zbog svog smještaja u središtu kop-nenog dijela južne Europe je vrlo važno područje za tranzitni promet. Ovaj rad ima za cilj sažeti dosadašnje publikacije o upravljanju i poslovanju u lukama, te prikazati luke od po-sebnog državnog interesa u Republici Hrvatskoj, dvije teretne (Rijeka, Ploče) i tri putničke (Zadar, Split, Dubrovnik). O raznim pitanjima upravljanja i mogućnostima za poboljšanje luka i pružanja usluga lučkih sustava sagledalo se multidisciplinarno s tehničkog, tehnolo-škog, pravnog i ekonomskog aspekta.Sea ports and marine traffic (transport) are the key maritime (naval) activities that enable European coastal countries to benefit from fast growing international trade. Therefore, port management has become governments’ main interest and a focus of research regarding ef-ficiency improvements. The Republic of Croatia, due to its geographical position and its location in the center of the southern Europe mainland, is a very important transit area. This paper aims to summarize previous publications on port management and operations as well as to present ports of special national interest in the Republic of Croatia, two cargo ports (Rijeka, Ploče) and three passenger ports (Zadar, Split and Dubrovnik). Various issues re-garding port management and improvement possibilities of their service renderings are mul-tidisciplinary viewed: from technical, technological, economic along with the legal point of view