Abstract
The maritime transport system in the Adriatic region has been developed thanks to the individual activities of ports, as well as specific strategies for the development of the countries that gravitate towards that region. Regarding its potential, this system is not sufficiently developed and there are no clear criteria for evaluating the potential for success of the future Motorways of the Sea systems and services. The solution to this problem is in the scientific point of view that should contribute to the development of the Motorways of the Sea with its systematic approach and clearly defined criteria of implementation of specific models and common activities. With this scientific article and conducted research, we tried to cover the greater part of the whole transport chain (from the departure point to the destination) which is present in the Adriatic region. It is crucial that we take into consideration the fact that it wasn’t possible to gather and analyze the data for every land direction (highways and railways) because we analyzed the infrastructure of the whole region. Thus, the research in this article is directed to the ports and their entries, where the success factor of the port is determined by the success of the direction and the Motorways of the Sea service. In order to accurately determine each of the defined success factors, it was necessary to identify all the subelements which comprise them. The research results point out the complexity of developing new or improving the existing MoS services at higher levels (administrative, infrastructural, organizational, etc.).
Highlights
Motorways of the Sea (MoS) is a concept that combines each way of transport making it into logistic service “from door to door”
A significant contribution was given by Dundović, Č., Jugović, A., Žgaljić, D. in the analysis of Croatian ports in relation to the Motorways of the Sea implementation, where the port systems of the Republic of Croatia with the potential of MoS development have been analyzed in detail
The questionnaire is distributed to all ports in the Adriatic, European and world experts in the field of transport and maritime transport, European Commission staff responsible for the development of short sea shipping, maritime transport and TEN-T corridors, all Short Sea Shipping Promotion Centers (SPCs) in Europe and, through them, all European ports, with the aim of collecting correct data, and the relevance of each of the individual subelements that make up the success factor
Summary
Motorways of the Sea (MoS) is a concept that combines each way of transport making it into logistic service “from door to door”. Such type of service, as well as transport in general, is not related to limited areas (countries) and borders should not be an obstacle but a generator of the development. From the scientific literature relevant for the present scientific problem, following authors and articles can be stressed as relevant: Baird, A.: EU Motorways of the Sea policy [1] from 2005, where the author presents the European Commission's measures in the effort to develop the maritime transport system and this activity which are being undertaken. A significant contribution was given by Dundović, Č., Jugović, A., Žgaljić, D. in the analysis of Croatian ports in relation to the Motorways of the Sea implementation, where the port systems of the Republic of Croatia with the potential of MoS development have been analyzed in detail
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