Constant and Changing Factors in the Selection of Seaports of the Terrestrial Countries of Central Europe

  • Ferenc Erdősi

Abstract

The historical change in the attitude of Europe's non-maritime regions to ports, in addition to the current geopolitical situation, was largely influenced by economic interests. The most advanced (Czech) provinces of the Habsburg Monarchy preferring logistic distance instead of geographical, going against the government's countermeasures, turned their backs to Trieste and were trading through German ports (mainly Hamburg) even with Asia. This tradition went on in the Monarchy's successor states at varying levels in different time periods within the limits allowed by the State's Policy. It was EU membership and containerization that have made the attraction of the northern ports of the central part of Europe really strong. Over the last decades, however, the mass flow of Asian-European goods transported on sea has increased the importance of Koper and the ports of Liguria in Central Europe. As a result of the allocation of further Chinese investments, the competition between the two port regions is expected to increase. Some ports in southern Europe have multiplied their traffic from the distribution of Chinese goods, and a slow decline started in the northern ports.

How to Cite
ErdősiF. (1). Constant and Changing Factors in the Selection of Seaports of the Terrestrial Countries of Central Europe. Scientific Review of Transport, 69(2), 8-21. https://doi.org/10.24228/KTSZ.2019.2.1
Section
Cikkek