THE COMPETITION BETWEEN PORTS.

The ports main objective is to ensure the interface between land and sea links aiming to be efficient through developing responsive logistics chains able to serve the regions of the hinterland. Ports are essential for the competitiveness of regions and countries but this economic function can not be met unless the ports are competitive. In this order becomes prior to get highest possible efficiency and effectiveness, trying to provide added values and satisfaction to its major customers. This paperwork is meant to underline the main contemporary features for ports activity within a global context, in a framework of a high competition between countries and regions. The authors are trying to present some strategical directions for adapting the present ports' evolution to the new economic framework. Thus, in the future we'll hope to determine those variables destinated for getting a harmonized regional and international competitive and efficient multimodal transports. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]