REPUBLIC OF CROATIA'S i TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY INDEX OF CONTENTS 1. RAIL SECTOR .................................................................................................................... 1 1.1. Analysis ..................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1.1. Rail transport structure in the Republic of Croatia ................................................................ 1 1.1.2. Croatian rail network ............................................................................................................. 1 1.1.3. Present condition of the infrastructure ................................................................................. 5 1.1.4. Rail transport in Croatia ......................................................................................................... 8 1.2. List of hypothesis ....................................................................................................................15 1.3. SWOT Rail sector .....................................................................................................................17 2. ROAD SECTOR ................................................................................................................ 18 2.1. Analysis ...................................................................................................................................18 2.1.1. Croatia in the European Union ............................................................................................. 18 2.1.2. Human resources ................................................................................................................. 19 2.1.3. International corridors and the motorway network ............................................................ 20 2.1.4. Insufficiencies of the public roads network ......................................................................... 24 2.1.5. Road safety ........................................................................................................................... 31 2.1.6. Environmental protection .................................................................................................... 37 2.2. List of hypothesis ....................................................................................................................38 2.3. SWOT Road sector ..................................................................................................................39 3. AVIATION SECTOR .......................................................................................................... 41 3.1. Analysis ...................................................................................................................................41 3.1.1. Overview .............................................................................................................................. 41 3.1.2. Capacity and demand ........................................................................................................... 42 3.1.3. Croatian membership in the European Union ..................................................................... 44 3.1.4. Sustainability ........................................................................................................................ 46 3.1.5. Quality of Service ................................................................................................................. 47 3.1.6. Alignment with EU policies and legislation .......................................................................... 48 3.1.7. Scenario: Integration in the Schengen Treaty ...................................................................... 48 3.2. List of hypothesis ....................................................................................................................49 3.3. SWOT Aviation sector .............................................................................................................50 4. INLAND WATERWAYS SECTOR ....................................................................................... 51 4.1. Analysis ...................................................................................................................................51 4.1.1. Inland waterways network ................................................................................................... 51 4.1.2. Inland port system ............................................................................................................... 55 REPUBLIC OF CROATIA'S ii TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY 4.1.3. Intermodal transport ............................................................................................................ 59 4.1.4. Organisation and management ............................................................................................ 60 4.1.5. Shipping ................................................................................................................................ 62 4.1.6. Safety of navigation and environmental protection ............................................................ 62 4.2. List of hypothesis ....................................................................................................................65 4.3. SWOT - Inland Waterways sector ...........................................................................................65 5. MARITIME SECTOR ......................................................................................................... 67 5.1. Analysis ...................................................................................................................................67 5.1.1. Shipping ................................................................................................................................ 67 5.1.2. Seafarers............................................................................................................................... 68 5.1.3. Port system .......................................................................................................................... 69 5.1.4. Organization structure ......................................................................................................... 70 5.1.5. Ports open to public traffic of special (international) economic interest for the Republic of Croatia .................................................................................................................................. 72 5.1.6. Ports of county and local importance .................................................................................. 76 5.1.7. Nautical maritime market and cruising tourism .................................................................. 77 5.1.8. Navigation safety and security of the maritime ships and ports ......................................... 78 5.1.9. Protection of the marine environment ................................................................................ 80 5.2. List of hypothesis ....................................................................................................................81 5.3. SWOT – Maritime sector .........................................................................................................82 6. URBAN, SUBURBAN AND REGIONAL SECTOR ................................................................. 84 6.1. Analysis ...................................................................................................................................84 6.2. List of hypothesis/conclusion/assumptions ............................................................................86 6.3. SWOT Urban, suburban and regional sector ..........................................................................88 REPUBLIC OF CROATIA'S iii TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY INDEX OF FIGURES 1 Figure Occupation of the Croatian rail network managed by HŽI, 2009, Source: HŽI Network Statement ............................................................................................................................... 3 2 Figure Distribution of allowable speeds in the Croatian rail network, Source: HŽI statistics 2013 .. 6 3 Figure Rail Investment vs. Croatian GDP, Source: Eurostat and HŽI statistics .................................. 7 4 Figure Evolution of energy consumption in transport compared to EU27 (in %), Source: Eurostat. 8 5 Figure Share of national and international passenger transport (1000 pax), Source: Eurostat ........ 9 6 Figure Croatian modal split of passenger transport vs. EU27 as a % of total inland transport, Source: Eurostat ................................................................................................................... 11 7 Figure Evolution of passenger trains by corridors (2007-2012), Source: HŽI statistics, 2007 – 201212 8 Figure Share of national and international freight transport, Source: Eurostat ............................. 14 9 Figure Locomotives construction, Source: HŽ Cargo d.o.o. ............................................................ 15 10 Figure Motorway network of Republic of Croatia ........................................................................... 22 11 Figure Seasonal behaviour of airports, Source: Official Airport website /Croatian Bureau of Statistics website .................................................................................................................. 42 12 Figure Increase of traffic from 2008 to 2012 for airports with less seasonality, Source: Airport