The part of the port industry that serves international trade flows, competes and satisfies demand with global … characteristics. Port services production and supply, within an open market, can only be governed by global regulations, and should be … argued that it constitutes a key factor in port production. Several factors have facilitated the gradual substitution of port …

, social and cultural functions of economic structures, coastal regions and port cities have developed. Their high degree of … which way coastal regions, port cities, branches and enterprises of the maritime economy are developing under the conditions …