Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.31217/p.30.1.12
Modelling the railway port infrastructure management system: a case study of the Port of Ploče
Loris Rak
; University of Rijeka, Faculty of Maritime Studies Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Borna Debelić
; University of Rijeka, Faculty of Maritime Studies Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Siniša Vilke
; University of Rijeka, Faculty of Maritime Studies Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Abstract
Regarding the organisation of the railway in Croatian ports, the institutional framework on which the railway within the port operates is relatively uncertain with potential conflicts of the national and EU legislation as well as diversities in practical approaches from the governing institutions towards empirical solutions on the field. This paper develops possible models for organisation of the management of rail transport services within the port area in order to research governance mechanism and provide standards of quality of railway operations, which are in accordance with the existing legal framework and on best practice solutions. This models are developed in order to enable several main principles important for port operations and business development such as transparency of the access conditions and service prices, single entry point, services in the rail terminal fully coordinated with the capacity allocation, performance scheme as part of the infrastructure charging system, performance targets in the form of indicators, access to topical reports on the service quality of the service in the port terminal, and implementation of the use-it-or leave-it rule.
Keywords
Railway port infrastructure management; Port competitiveness; Port operations institutional framework
Hrčak ID:
160708
URI
Publication date:
29.6.2016.
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