WIT Press

Transit Operations In Port Szczecin - Swinoujscie

Price

Free (open access)

Volume

45

Pages

7

Published

1999

Size

779 kb

Paper DOI

10.2495/MT990671

Copyright

WIT Press

Author(s)

Dr Grazyna Rosa

Abstract

Port Szczecin - Swinoujscie thanks to its favourable geographical location, good railway and road connections with many industrial centres of Central and Southern Europe and especially convenient land network is a very important transit centre. However, traditional hinterland of the ports threatens keen competition of other ports, mainly German Therefore marketing strategy and investment policy if the port shall focus on maintaining existing and obtaining new, regular cargo flows. Major advantage of Port Szczecin - Swinoujscie in aspect of transit operations is, except above mentioned favourable geographical location in corridor North- South: • good transport infrastructure connecting port with transit hinterland i.e. mo

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