Sustainability of transport systems is a key issue in transport. The main question is whether high levels of road and railway transport in areas along navigable waterways is an effective solution for this issue. The Danube waterway is an example. Generally, it is not observed that traffic performance is not as high as on the Rhine. This paper deals with the revelation of the available capacity of this waterway based on approximation functions and their comparison with real transport performances. This methodology points to the level of use of waterways. The connection of this model with the production of fossil fuels creates a basis for a case study. The case study in this paper offers a possibility for a sustainable and environmentally friendly transition from road transport to inland water transport on the example of specific transport routes. The main contribution of this paper is a presentation of the application of sustainable models of use transport capacity to increase the share of environmentally friendly and sustainable inland water transport. The conclusion based on the case study and materials is that the available capacity of inland water transport on the Danube could support the transition of traffic performances to sustainable and environmentally friendly means of transport.

The paper deals with the impact that an environmental way of thinking has on shipping and transport company customers regarding their preferences in choosing a transport route. Nowadays, maritime transport plays a very important role mainly in transoceanic container transport. It also deals with the statistics focused on container shipping, especially between North America and Europe. These statistics contribute to a general description of the development of container shipping on the route that is applicated in this case study. The significant impact of this kind of transport also reflects the estimation of the future development of container transport on the selected transport route. In this view, the least square method is used in this paper. This method can present the trend of development according to statistics. Thanks to these materials, this paper estimates a slight increase of the number of containers transported between North America and Europe in the near future. This increase will have a certain effect on the environment. Thus, as part of their business policy of sustainability and environment protection, customers will prefer a mode of transport and transport routes featuring a smaller effect on the environment in the future. The relevance of such a change in preferences in planning transport routes for the customer is reflected in the case study presented in this paper. So, one part of this paper is also dedicated to information about the impact of maritime transport on the environment. This part also explains the impact according to different studies that have been published in the last few years. The main contribution of this paper is also to point out the importance of this factor for the preferences of customers via the multi-criteria decision method. Using a multi-criteria decision method, it outlines how the factor of the impact on the environment can significantly change the offer made by a transport or shipping company, and thus how it represents a key element of whether the customer would prefer the given offer or focus on a competitor’s offer.

Prekládková činnosť patrí k ťažiskovým činnostiam prístavov. Zvyšovanie množstva suchého, hromadného, voľne loženého nákladu určeného na prepravu vodnou dopravou vedie k nutnosti zvýšenej prekládkovej činnosti prístavov. V prístavoch dochádza z tohto dôvodu k využívaniu výkonnejších prekládkových zariadení. Informácie o týchto zariadeniach a ich prvotné porovnanie pomocou SWOT analýzy poskytuje bližší pohľad na možnosti ich využitia. Správnym rozhodnutím totiž prístav môže zvýšiť svoju prekládkovú kapacitu, avšak nevhodné použitie môže spôsobiť problémy, ktorým bude musieť v budúcnosti daný prístav čeliť. Preto je cieľom tohto článku prispieť k informovanosti o dostupných metódach, na základe prvotnej analýzy informovať čitateľa o efektívnych možnostiach nasadenia týchto prekládkových zariadení v prístavoch a termináloch.