Abstract:

The main aim of the study was to present the duality related to the direction of development of small seaports on the Central Coast of Poland, which influence the final shape of the volume of maritime transport in Poland. The selected research area, i.e. the Polish South Baltic Sea and the so-called seaports agricultural hinterland: Kołobrzeg, Darłowo and Ustka, fits into the research topic, mainly due to the existence of high development potential of ports, which is not fully used. Additionally, the indicated area is a strategic element in the predictive approach of building a new transfer channel for goods to Southern European countries.

Due to the limitations related to the selection of literature related to the elements of port transformation, research methods were used: source data analyses, document and statistical data studies, as well as cause-and-effect analyses.