Editing Transport in Croatia (section)

== Maritime and river transport ==

=== Maritime transport ===

==== Coastal infrastructure ====
[[File:Rijeka luka pano 180909.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Panorama of [[Port of Rijeka]]]]
Republic of Croatia counts six [[port]]s open for public traffic of outstanding (international) economic importance and those are the ports: [[Port of Rijeka|Rijeka]], Zadar, Šibenik, [[Port of Split|Split]], [[Port of Ploče|Ploče]] and [[Gruž|Dubrovnik]]. There are also numerous smaller public ports located along the country's coast.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ports |url=https://mmpi.gov.hr/sea/ports/8460#:~:text=The%20Republic%20of%20Croatia%20counts,,%20Split,%20Plo%C4%8De%20and%20Dubrovnik. |access-date=2022-04-20 |website=mmpi.gov.hr}}</ref>

Rijeka is the country's largest cargo port, followed by Ploče which is of great economic importance for the neighboring [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]. The three most common destinations for foreign [[cruise ship]]s are the ports of Dubrovnik, Split and Zadar. Split is the country's largest passenger port, serving as the public port for domestic ferry, conventional ship and catamaran services as well as for international ferry, cruise or mega cruise services.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome |url=https://portsplit.hr/it/ |access-date=2022-04-20 |website=Port of Split |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[Zadar]] has two public transport ports opened for passenger traffic – one located in the town center served by conventional ship and catamaran services and the other located in the suburb of [[Gaženica]], serving ferry and cruise ship services. Republic of Croatia defined the need to relieve the Zadar's passenger port and the historic center of Zadar and move ferry traffic from the city center to the new passenger port in Gaženica. Work on the construction of the new port began in 2009, and a new ferry port of approximately 100,000 square meters was opened to traffic in 2015. The advantages of the Port of Gaženica are the short distance from the city center (3.5 kilometers), the proximity of the airport and quality traffic connection with the A1 Motorway. The Port of Gaženica meets multiple traffic requirements - it serves for domestic ferry traffic, international ferry traffic, passenger traffic on mega cruisers and RO-RO traffic, with all the necessary infrastructure and accompanying upgrades. In 2019, the passenger port of Gaženica was named Port of the Year at the most prestigious Seatrade Cruise Awards held in [[Hamburg]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Luka Zadar |url=https://mmpi.gov.hr/more-86/luke-106/luka-zadar/15984 |access-date=2022-04-20 |website=mmpi.gov.hr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Zadar Cruise Port (Gaženica) Proclaimed Port of the Year 2019! |url=https://www.total-croatia-news.com/travel/38392-zadar |access-date=2022-04-20 |website=www.total-croatia-news.com |language=en-gb}}</ref>

==== Connection of islands and the mainland ====
Performing of the public transport on national conventional ship, catamaran and ferry lines and all occasional public maritime lines in Croatia is supervised by the government-founded Agency for coastal line traffic (''Agencija za obalni linijski promet'').<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pomorski promet |url=https://mmpi.gov.hr/more-86/pomorski-promet-105/105 |access-date=2022-04-20 |website=mmpi.gov.hr}}</ref> Croatia has about 50 inhabited islands along its coast (most of which are reached from either Zadar or Split ports), which means that there is a large number of local [[Ferry|car ferry]], [[Passenger ship|conventional ship]] and [[High-speed craft|catamaran]] connections. The vast majority of Croatian islands have a road network and several ports for public transport - usually a single ferry port and one or more additional ports mostly located near the bay settlements, served exclusively by conventional ships and catamarans. According to sailing schedules or in case of extraordinary conditions, conventional and catamaran ships can also serve ferry ports. There are also very small number of car-free islands that are accessible only by conventional ship or catamaran services, such as [[Silba]] in northern [[Dalmatia]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-08-25 |title=Explore Silba – One of Croatia's Car-Free Islands |url=https://www.croatiaweek.com/explore-silba-one-of-croatias-car-free-islands/ |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=Croatia Week |language=en}}</ref>

Regarding national ferry lines, in the lead terms of the number of transported passengers and vehicles are the one between Split and [[Supetar]] on the island of [[Brač]] (central Dalmatia) and one between [[Valbiska]] (island of [[Krk]]) and [[Merag]] (island of [[Cres]]) in northern [[Kvarner Gulf]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-17 |title=Record tourist arrivals this weekend at Split's airport and ferry port |url=https://www.croatiaweek.com/record-tourist-arrivals-this-weekend-at-splits-airport-and-ferry-port/ |access-date=2022-04-20 |website=Croatia Week |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-18 |title=Na trajektnoj liniji Valbiska-Merag preveze se najviše vozila, na liniji Supetar-Split najviše putnika |url=https://jadranski.hr/2022/02/18/na-trajektnoj-liniji-valbiska-merag-preveze-se-najvise-vozila-na-liniji-supetar-split-najvise-puntika/ |access-date=2022-04-20 |website=Jadranski.hr |language=hr}}</ref> Ferry line between [[Zadar]] and [[Preko]] on the island of [[Ugljan]] (northern Dalmatia) is the most frequent one in Croatia and the rest of the Adriatic - in the summer sailing schedule on this {{convert|3|nmi|km mi|adj=mid|-long&ensp;line}} there is around 20 departures per day in each direction.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-07-19 |title=Zadar to Preko ferry {{!}} timetable and ticket prices to Island Ugljan |url=https://www.ferrycroatia.com/en/zadar-preko/ |access-date=2022-04-20 |website=Ferry Croatia |language=en-US}}</ref> The longest ferry line in Croatia is Zadar - [[Ist (island)|Ist]] - [[Olib]] - Silba (passenger service only) - [[Premuda]] - [[Mali Lošinj]] ({{convert|63.4|nmi|km mi|disp=semicolon}}), while the shortest one is between [[Biograd na Moru]] and [[Tkon]] on the island of [[Pašman]] ({{convert|1.4|nmi|km mi|disp=semicolon}}), both operating in northern Dalmatia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jadrolinija u brojkama: Doznajte koliko je lani prevezeno putnika, koliko brodova plovi na dan i koje su linije najkraće, te koje najduže |url=https://www.vecernji.hr/lifestyle/jadrolinija-u-brojkama-doznajte-koliko-je-lani-prevezeno-putnika-koliko-brodova-plovi-na-dan-i-koje-su-linije-najkrace-te-koje-najduze-1322475 |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=www.vecernji.hr |language=hr}}</ref>

Almost all ferry lines in Croatia are provided by the state-owned shipping company [[Jadrolinija]], except the ferry service between Stinica and [[Mišnjak (Rab)|Mišnjak]] on the [[island of Rab]] (Kvarner Gulf area) which is operated by the company “Rapska Plovidba d.d”.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jadrolinija |url=https://www.jadrolinija.hr/ |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=www.jadrolinija.hr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rapska plovidba d.d. |url=http://www.rapska-plovidba.hr/ |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=www.rapska-plovidba.hr}}</ref> [[Catamaran]] and [[passenger ship]] services are operated by Jadrolinija and several other companies such as "Krilo - Kapetan Luka" , "G&V Line Iadera" , [[Tankerska plovidba]], "Miatours d.o.o." etc.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Krilo – Kapetan Luka |url=https://www.krilo.hr/en/ |access-date=2022-05-19 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tankerska plovidba d.d. |url=https://www.tankerska.hr/en |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=www.tankerska.hr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Miatours - turistička agencija |url=https://www.miatours.hr/ |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=Miatours |language=hr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=G&V Line Ferries, Croatia |url=https://www.croatiaferries.com/gv-line/ |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=Croatia Ferries}}</ref> Jadrolinija alone provides a total of 34 national lines with almost 600 departures per day during the summer tourist season, when the number of ferry, conventional ship and catamaran lines on the most capacity-demanding routes is significantly higher compared to the off-season period.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sretan 75. rođendan Jadrolinija! |url=https://www.jadrolinija.hr/hr/schedule/news/2022/01/20/sretan-75.-ro%C4%91endan-jadrolinija! |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=www.jadrolinija.hr}}</ref>

==== International routes ====
With its largest vessels, Jadrolinija connects Croatia with [[Italy]] by operating international cross-Adriatic routes Split - [[Ancona]] - Split, Zadar - Ancona - Zadar and Dubrovnik - [[Bari]] - Dubrovnik. Ferry line between Split and Ancona is also operated by Italian operator [[SNAV]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Local and International lines Ferries |url=https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en/about-us/ships/ferries |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=www.jadrolinija.hr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=StackPath |url=https://www.snav.it/hr/ |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=www.snav.it}}</ref>

=== River transport ===
Croatia is also on the important [[Danube]] waterway which connects Eastern and Central Europe. The major Danube port is [[Vukovar]], but there are also some smaller ports in [[Osijek]], [[Sisak]] and [[Slavonski Brod]].

Navigable rivers:<ref>{{cite web |title=Blue Book Database |url=https://apps.unece.org/AGN/4results.aspx |website=UNECE |publisher=United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |access-date=22 May 2021}}</ref>
* [[Danube]](E 80) - 137,5&nbsp;km from entering Croatia near Batina to exits near Ilok; [[Classification of European Inland Waterways|VIc class]]
* [[Sava]](E 80–12) - 383.2&nbsp;km from [[Sisak]] until it exits Croatia near Gunja; [[Classification of European Inland Waterways|II-IV class]]
* [[Drava]](E 80–08) - 14&nbsp;km from the mouth of the Danube to Osijek; [[Classification of European Inland Waterways|IV class]]

Total [[waterway]] length (2021): 534.7&nbsp;km