NAUTICAL TOURISM

Capacities and operation of nautical ports in the period
January - September 2003

In the first nine months of 2003 this survey covered 75 nautical ports on the Croatian coast, as follows: 48 marinas (of which 7 land marinas) and 27 other nautical ports. The total water surface area was 3 548 243 m² and there were 14 730 moorings.

On 30 September 2003 there were 11 793 vessels permanently moored in nautical ports, which was by 4.9% more than on 30 September 2002. Out of the total number of stationed vessels, 91.1% used water moorings, while 8.9% used land moorings.

In the first nine months of 2003 there were 176 527 vessels in transit, which was by 8.3% more than in the same period 2002.

Out of the total number of vessels in transit, 99.9% used water moorings and 0.1% used land moorings.

The total profit realised in nautical ports in the first nine months of 2003 amounted to 213.9 million kuna, where 162.9 million kuna (76.1%) was realised through the renting of moorings. Out of the total number of moorings rented, 69.0% of them were rented as permanently moored and 31.0% in transit.

1. CAPACITIES OF NAUTICAL PORTS AND PERSONS IN EMPLOYMENT,
SITUATION AS ON 31 AUGUST 2003

Water surface area	3 548 243
Moorings, total	14 730
Of that for different vessel lengths:
Under 6 m	1 885
6 - 8 m	2 318
8 - 10 m	3 314
10 - 12 m	3 650
12 - 15 m	2 610
15 - 20 m	769
Over 20 m	184
Length of shoreline equipped for mooring, m	57 008
Space for land storage, number of berths	5 618
Total surface area on land, m^2	1 057 600
Of that covered area, m^2	4 050
Number of employed persons - total	1 035
Of that with seasonal jobs	286

2. NUMBER OF VESSELS IN NAUTICAL PORTS, SITUATION AS ON 30 SEPTEMBER 2003

	Permanently moored
	Vessels				Total indices I. - IX. 2003. I. - IX. 2002.
	Total	Motor yachts	Sailboats	Other
TOTAL	11 793	4 571	6 275	947	105
Vessels that used water moorings	10 746	3 776	6 070	900	106
By flag
Austria	2 785	1 187	1 494	104	99
Czech Republic	109	53	53	3	104
France	149	31	113	5	104
Croatia	2 460	679	1 282	499	113
Italy	514	224	260	30	98
Hungary	113	59	51	3	135
Netherlands	76	22	54	-	127
Germany	2 451	833	1 482	136	103
USA	497	256	232	9	122
Scandinavian countries	61	12	48	1	117
Slovenia	658	175	437	46	112
Switzerland	32	14	18	-	71
Great Britain	306	64	235	7	115
Other countries	535	167	311	57	105
By vessel length
Under 6 m	655	186	90	379	95
6 - 8 m	1 568	657	750	161	95
8 - 10 m	2 956	1 151	1 668	137	102
10 - 12 m	2 992	955	1 910	127	110
12 - 15 m	2 060	587	1 401	72	114
15 - 20 m	444	186	237	21	122
Over 20 m	71	54	14	3	182
Vessels that used only land moorings	1 047	795	205	47	98

3. NUMBER OF VESSELS IN NAUTICAL PORTS IN THE PERIOD JANUARY - SEPTEMBER 2003

	In transit
	Vessels				Total indices I. - IX. 2003. I. - IX. 2002.
	Total	Motor yachs	Sailboats	Other
TOTAL	176 527	63 659	108 996	3 872	108
Vessels that used water moorings	176 438	63 621	108 962	3 855	108
By flag
Austria	27 692	10 191	16 866	635	96
Czech Republic	1 244	603	618	23	129
France	6 964	1 804	4 969	191	119
Croatia	32 679	9 937	22 038	704	128
Italy	42 760	17 180	24 904	676	110
Hungary	990	398	563	29	155
Netherlands	1 552	622	895	35	115
Germany	32 255	12 579	19 043	633	93
USA	3 813	1 635	2 013	165	172
Scandinavian countries	1 071	338	717	16	164
Slovenia	7 674	2 728	4 751	195	106
Switzerland	1 146	405	726	15	121
Great Britain	6 400	1 953	4 290	157	118
Other countries	10 198	3 248	6 569	381	105
By vessel length
Under 6 m	4 646	2 733	1 428	485	100
6 - 8 m	18 732	8 236	9 933	563	98
8 - 10 m	38 158	13 853	23 715	590	102
10 - 12 m	56 923	18 881	37 021	1 021	108
12 - 15 m	48 514	15 867	31 711	936	119
15 - 20 m	8 692	3 456	4 989	247	113
Over 20 m	773	595	165	13	123
Vessels that used only landmoorings	89	38	34	17	129

4. PROFIT REALISED BY NAUTICAL PORTS FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY - SEPTEMBER 2003

Thousand kuna

	2002.	2003.	Indices I – IX. 2003. I – IX. 2002.
TOTAL	190 832	213 890	112
Renting of moorings	138 588	162 854	118
Permanently moored	95 246	112 391	118
In transit	43 342	50 463	116
Maintaining services	7 681	6 249	81
Renting of vessels^1)	1 171	1 146	98
Other income^2)	43 392	43 641	101

1) Since 1997 the renting of vessels (charters) has been surveyed through the “Report on Renting the Vessels for Entertainment and Sport
(Charter)”. Data obtained from this Survey will be published in a separate first release.

2) Included is the profit of nautical ports realised through trade, catering and other services as well as through renting a place that belongs to a nautical port.

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Source

Data are obtained regularly through the “Report on Capacities and Turnover of Nautical Ports”. This survey is conveyed twice a year, for nine months of the current year and for the whole year.

Reporting units and coverage

The reporting units in this Survey are nautical ports: anchorages, moorings, land marinas and marinas.

In this Survey the coverage is full, which means that all nautical ports are covered.

Definitions

Nautical port is a tourist facility that forms a unity in a business, territorial, constructional and functional sense, or which, within a broader territorial unity, has a separate part of land and conditions required to meet the needs of nautical tourism and nautical tourists.

Nautical ports offer tourist services in nautical tourism and other accompanying services to nautical tourists (trade, catering etc.).

The categorisation of nautical ports in the Republic of Croatia is carried out on the basis of the Law on Tourist Activity (NN, Nos. 142/99, 47/2000, 121/2000 and 45/2001).

There are separate types of nautical ports. Types are defined by a type of service rendered by a particular nautical port. Every nautical port, depending on the type of service it renders, must meet some prescribed minimal and special requirements concerning its construction, arrangement and equipment.

Types of nautical ports are the following:

Anchorage

Mooring

Land marina

Marina

Anchorage is a part of water area equipped for the mooring of vessels in a bay protected from any bad weather.

Mooring is a part of water area and a part of a shore designed for landing of vessels. It is equipped with a mooring system. If possible, depending on the characteristics of the water area, there can also be a specially marked place for anchorage of vessels.

Land marina is a part of a shore or a land specially fenced and equipped for rendering services of storage and keeping of vessels as well as of transporting a vessel into the water or from water to the land marina.

Marina is a part of water area and a shore specially fenced and equipped for rendering services of mooring and keeping of vessels, as well as of accommodating nautical tourists in the vessels or in the accommodation facilities in the marina. Marinas also render other usual services to nautical tourists. They can also render services of repairing and maintaining of the vessels.

Marinas are classified into the following categories:

- the first category comprises marinas of the highest standard

- the second one comprises marinas of medium standard

- the third one comprises marinas of the lowest standard

Water surface area comprises the sea area of a nautical port with piers (not including land part).

Sea mooring is an area in the sea where a vessel can be placed.

Shoreline equipped for mooring of vessels is a part of a shore adapted for mooring of vessels (piers with moorings)

Space for land storage is an area adapted for the storage of vessels.

Land area is a part of land where a vessel can be stored.

In the nautical tourism statistics, vessels for entertainment and sports are classified into motor yachts, sailboats and other vessels.

Motor yacht is a vessel equipped with an engine intended for entertainment, sport or recreation and having, according to the common maritime usance, a cabin with at least two beds, a toilet and cooking facilities.

Sailboat is a vessel intended for entertainment, sport or recreation whose main power is wind. It is equipped with a cabin with at least two beds, a toilet and a cooking facility.

Other vessels are boats (made of wood, plastic, rubber and the like) 3 or more meters long or less than 3 meters long if they are equipped with an engine. Included are also motorboats if they do not meet requirements for yachts.

Abbreviations

NN Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia

'000 thousand

Symbols

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