page_title: Transport in Croatia
section_title: Sea transport
hierarchical_section_title: Transport in Croatia / Water transport / Sea transport
caption_attribution_description: Hrvatski: Dan HRM-a, Rijeka
context_page_description: Transport in Croatia relies on several main modes, including transport by car, train, boat and plane. Road transport incorporates a comprehensive network of state, county and local routes augmented by a network of highways for long-distance travelling. Water transport can be divided into sea, based on the ports of Rijeka, Ploče, Split and Zadar, and river transport, based on Sava, Danube and, to a lesser extent, Drava. Croatia has 68 airports, nine of which are international. The country also has several airlines, of which the most notable are Croatia Airlines and Trade Air. Rail transport is fairly developed, with dual track and electrification not very common, although high-speed tilting trains are used on some routes. However, bus still tends to be more common than rail as a mode of inter-city transport.
context_section_description: Croatia has several large seaports. The largest seaport with the deepest channel to a port in the Adriatic is Port of Rijeka on the northern Croatian coast, followed by Ploče in southern Dalmatia. The port of Ploče is of strategic importance for the industries of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The largest Croatian passenger port is Split in Dalmatia, also called gateway to the islands, followed by Zadar. There are 66 inhabited islands along the Croatian coast which means there is a large number of local ferry connections.
  Ports and harbors:
  major transport seaports: Omišalj, Ploče, Rijeka, Šibenik
  other seaports: Dubrovnik, Dugi Rat, Pula, Split, Zadar
  inland waterway ports: Vukovar (on Danube), Sisak (on Sava), Slavonski Brod (Sava river), Zupanja (Sava river), Osijek (Drava river)
  Merchant marine (as of 2010):
  total: 77 ships
  ships by type:
  bulk carrier 24
  cargo 7
  chemical tanker 8
  passenger/cargo 27
  petroleum tanker 10
  refrigerated cargo 1
  foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: 2
  Norway 2
  registered in other countries: 31
  Bahamas 1, Belize 1, Liberia 1, Malta 6, Marshall Islands 12, Panama 2, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8
  An extensive system of ferries, operated by Jadrolinija, serves Croatia's many islands and links coastal cities. Ferry services to Italian cities of Venice, Ancona, Pescara and Bari from around a dozen of Croatian sea ports, most notably Rovinj, Rijeka, Zadar, Split, Korčula and Dubrovnik, is available on a daily or weekly basis. From April to September the schedule is denser and can include several round trips within a day.
caption: Panorama of Port of Rijeka
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