Port of Rijeka

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The port of Rijeka (Croatian Luka Rijeka or Riječka luka ) is an Adriatic port of Rijeka (Croatia ) and a major overseas hub for south- central and south - central and eastern Europe.

The importance of the port of Rijeka as a seaport and transfer station, as well as commercial and business center began - as well as the Port of Trieste - the establishment of the free port by Charles VI. of Austria in the year 1719.

Rijeka came in 1867 as a result of the Austro-Hungarian compensation as a free royal city of the Hungarian half of the empire and was given the 1873 station Rijeka several railway lines to Vienna and Budapest. By 1913 the port of Rijeka has developed the only major port of Hungary one of the ten largest and most important ports in Europe.

Due to a series of policy changes in 1919 to 1989, the port was able to maintain his former prosperity only tedious, but since the end of the war in Croatia 's trade is expanding greatly. Especially companies from the southern German and Austrian economic centers take advantage of the relatively short trade route over Rijeka in the Middle and Far East.

Austria received in 2000, Hungary in 2001 a free port. This measure open several different companies from the two countries currently new locations in Rijeka.

The port has several terminals for oil, general cargo, bulk and container and a passenger terminal for ferry traffic.