Globalization and increasing flows of freight have caused a need for modern ports and container terminal as containers are the most innovative way to transport freight between different parts of the world because of their advanced characteristics. Container terminals are very important; however, the ever-growing climate concerns and awareness of environmental concerns have caused the need to implement sustainable practices into ports and the need for sustainability in container terminals. In the present diploma thesis, we presented the role of ports in modern supply chains, characteristics and development of port container terminal, sustainable container terminals and the Luka Koper container terminal. In the thesis we presented the fact that there are many trends in the development of modern port container terminals and we also showed these trends with the examples of global container terminals and the Luka Koper container terminal. We also displayed the fact that a modern container terminal has an important impact on the efficiency of intermodal container chains. These terminals represent crucial nodes in the global trade and they connect different modes of transport, which is especially critical in the container chain.
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