RIJEKA PORT, CRO RAILWAYS TO BE PRESENTED IN BRATISLAVA TUESDAY

RIJEKA/ZAGREB, Sept 21 (Hina) - Following joint business presentations in Belgrade, Zagreb, Munich and Vienna, Croatian Railways, the Rijeka Port and the Rijeka Port Administration will address the transit potential of this northern Adriatic port in relation to Slovakia's economy at a presentation to be held in Bratislava on Tuesday, September 25. The presentation will include speeches by senior officials of the Rijeka municipality, the Port of Rijeka and Croatian Railways. Rijeka Port director general Miran Cofek told reporters on Friday the Slovak economy, along with the Czech, Austrian and Hungarian, was traditionally oriented to Rijeka. Cofek believes efforts should be invested to re-establish business with the market of the former Czechoslovakia that was severed at the beginning of the war and that used to bring Rijeka 1.5 million tonnes of freight annually. Rijeka mayor Vojko Obersnel believes the port's development will be facilitated by a series of projects on the construction of municipal infrastructure, the ultimate goal being making the port competitive and, in the long run, the most important northern Adriatic port. Invited to the presentation were numerous Slovak business partners and potential clients of the Rijeka Port and Croatian Railways. (hina) rml