POST-COVID EUROPEAN RECOVERY PLANS IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF MARITIME TRANSPORT AND SEAPORTS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA

Abstract

With the appearance of the COVID-19 pandemic, the whole world faced its effects on various aspects of human life. This paper describes the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on maritime shipping and seaports in the European Union. The study compares cargo maritime transport and the volume of production activity of seaports in the EU and the Republic of Croatia before and after the removal of restrictions prompted by a pandemic. This paper aims to analyse the changes and the negative effects of the maritime transport market during that period. Therefore, the EU has adopted specific recovery plans to help its member states recover as quickly and easily as possible from this crisis caused by the pandemic.

This paper aims to overview the EU and Croatian national recovery plans in the context of sustainable maritime transport and seaport development after the COVID-19 pandemic.