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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY
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A.3.1. LOCATION OF THE SITE
The Port of Ploce is situated in the southern part of the Adriatic coast in the
natural harbour to the northeast of the Neretva Estuary. Its clearly defined and
large gravitation area includes the north-eastern part of Croatia, part of Serbia
and Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, part of Austria, Hungary, the
Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Romania and Poland. The navigation
corridor Bosanski Šamac – Vukovar and the Pan European road corridor Vc
Budapest – Osijek – Sarajevo – Ploce will enhance the importance of the
Ploce Port for the combined road transport among the Danube countries. The
central Adriatic navigation corridor, the natural continuation of the Vc corridor
will connect the Italian southern regions with the Central and East European
countries in the most efficient way.
The long-term development program passed by the Parliament should create
conditions for the Port of Ploce to provide high quality services to all users.
The construction of the container terminal is therefore a priority project in the
forthcoming investment cycle.
The primary transport corridors connecting the industrialized countries are
containerised. There is at the same time a growing tendency in both
developed and developing countries to containerise the traditional routes. Port
Authorities in the developing countries must therefore consider
containerisation of both their own ports and the ports within their gravitation
area as well as forecast changes that such a development would entail for the
port planning, organisation and implementation.
Figure 1: Panoramic view of the area
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