LOGISTICS STRATEGIES IN THE VISEGRAD COUNTRIES: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS Working paper edited by Lajos Veres professor of economics, College of Dunaújváros Hungarian Logistics Association Budapest 2015 Supported by the International Visegrad Fund, strategic grant 31410010: Synchronization and development of national strategies of logistics in V4 countries Reviewers: Dr. Alfonz Antoni, Dr. Zoltán Doór, Dr. Csaba Orosz, Edit Vértes © Hungarian Logistics Association 2015 © The authors 2015 ISBN 978-963-12-4240-9 Table of Contents Foreword .................................................................................................................................... 7 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 8 Objectives ............................................................................................................................... 8 Methodology .......................................................................................................................... 8 I. THE CZECH REPUBLIC .................................................................................................... 10 Transport infrastructure ........................................................................................................ 10 The current state of transport infrastructure ..................................................................... 10 Road infrastructure ........................................................................................................... 11 Railway infrastructure ...................................................................................................... 12 Inland waterway transport ................................................................................................ 13 Combined transport infrastructure ................................................................................... 14 The European rail freight corridor ................................................................................... 17 Principles of infrastructure development ......................................................................... 19 Overview of the current state of logistics parks ................................................................... 20 The biggest investors ........................................................................................................ 23 The largest parks .............................................................................................................. 25 Public logistics centers ..................................................................................................... 26 Vacancy rates and rents of logistics spaces ...................................................................... 27 Evaluation and future development of transport and logistic............................................... 30 Priority 1. Good accessibility ........................................................................................... 32 Priority 2. Logistics chains ............................................................................................... 33 Priority 3. Application of co-modality principle .............................................................. 35 Specifics of the railway transport ..................................................................................... 37 Specifics of the road transport .......................................................................................... 38 Specifics of the waterborne transport ............................................................................... 39 Specifics of the air transport ............................................................................................. 40 The main objective of the transport policy and the priority structure .............................. 41 II. HUNGARY ......................................................................................................................... 44 Transport in the Hungarian economy ................................................................................... 44 3 Analysis of the present situation ...................................................................................... 44 Network infrastructure and assets in the specific sectors of transport ............................. 46 Roads ................................................................................................................................ 46 The institutional framework of road development and operation .................................... 48 Railways ........................................................................................................................... 48 Waterways ........................................................................................................................ 49 Air transport ..................................................................................................................... 49 Combined goods transport & logistics ............................................................................. 51 Urban and suburban transport .......................................................................................... 51 Modal split in transport .................................................................................................... 53 Environmental impacts of transport ................................................................................. 53 Clearance of obstacles and transport safety ..................................................................... 54 SWOT analysis of the Hungarian logistics system .............................................................. 56 Logistics strategy of Hungary .............................................................................................. 62 Strategic pillars ................................................................................................................. 64 The target system of the strategy ...................................................................................... 65 Tools to execute the logistics strategy .............................................................................. 65 Indicative financial table .................................................................................................. 66 Embeddedness in the development policy ....................................................................... 66 Vision and future image ................................................................................................... 67 Pillar components ............................................................................................................. 68 Logistics infrastructure ..................................................................................................... 69 IT infrastructure ................................................................................................................ 71 Networking and co-operation ........................................................................................... 73 Logistics R & D & I ......................................................................................................... 74 Logistics strategic tools .................................................................................................... 74 Sustainable logistics activity ............................................................................................ 84 III. POLAND ............................................................................................................................ 89 The current state of logistic system in Poland ...................................................................... 89 The Polish logistic system as a part of its national economy ........................................... 89 The Polish transport: An overview ................................................................................... 93 Road transport .................................................................................................................. 95 4 Rail transport .................................................................................................................. 101 Air transport ................................................................................................................... 105 Maritime transport .......................................................................................................... 107 Inland water transport ..................................................................................................... 114 Intermodal terminals ...................................................................................................... 117 Storage space .................................................................................................................. 118 Legal regulations related to Polish transport and storage sector .................................... 121 Logistics education ......................................................................................................... 121 Directions of transport development in Poland .................................................................. 127 Main assumptions and directions of development of the transport sector in Poland ..... 127 Forecasts for the development of the carriage of goods in Poland till 2020 .................. 130 Directions of intervention in particular branches of the transport industry, taking