Competitiveness factors of international sea ports
Fast growth of the world trade has been a driver for a new continuing for already 20 years, stage of ports development, which is accompanied by the major changes in the field. The ports, which have been viewed before as a part of world transportation chain, have turned into logistical and industrial centres of the global scale. Emerging of hub ports has resulted in increasing the competition in the port sector. The article reviews factor of port competitiveness and their influence on its competitive position.