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Seaports are now a central element of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T). For example, 75 percent of the EU’s foreign trade and 30 percent of transport cargo moves within the EU by waterborne transport. The ports of the Baltic Sea play a huge role in…

In the past years, the circular economy concept and its influences has gained increasing attention worldwide. Together with the international organizations and governments, the companies have begun to embark on circular economy initiatives. The goal of this research paper is set to ascertain the relationship…

Economic complexity is considered an essential determinant of economic growth. Our research follows the ”Product Space” methodology to compute an index for the Economic Complexity of Romanian territorial units. A Romanian panel dataset is being analyzed using a system GMM approach to investigate the impact…

The concept of a Center for the evaluation and certification of professional competences obtained in other ways than the formal ones, is a relatively new one and often confused with the Adult Vocational Training Center. Both target other forms of education but are subject to…

Vigorous growth in consumption all over the world, leads to the generation of increasing amounts of both: industrial and municipal waste. This causes many problems and challenges. To prevent the excessive generation of waste, its rational use and safe disposal is one of the most…

Implementation issues of smart cities are primarily seen in the literature as a framework that should be improved mainly in terms of increasingly perfect information and communication technologies (ICT), which should keep up with the challenges related to urbanization progress. The motive behind this study…

The economic and legal circumstances of the operation of local public transport are a set of framework guidelines, which form the image of the sphere of transport activity of local governments. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the economic and legal circumstances of…

A well-developed and well-maintained transport infrastructure is a factor that strongly supports the economic development of a given region. It enables transport companies to carry out transport orders in an uninterrupted, safe and timely manner. The impact of transport infrastructure on the activities of shipping…

The main research question refers to the analysis and assessment of consolidation processes of maritime container operators and the integration of markets within this sector aa well as the impact of these processes on global supply chain entities. The research aimed to indicate the main…

Maritime transport, being the mode of transport and one with the greatest capacity, is exposed to several threats that can significantly affect the level of security of vessels, crews, cargoes, as well as different elements of infrastructure and superstructure. For each type of transport, including…