Port of Rijeka has been counting for a long period of time increasing its development as a cargo terminal. Distribution centers as important infrastructure elements of the supply chain, represent places with high stage of centralization of merchandise flows and business co-operation. They are an indispensable part of every more developed port. In a couple of years ago, the notion of distribution centers is increasingly linked to the port area and the hinterland, and such type of business and planning is very important part of every more developed port. This paper includes an analysis of certain problems of the existing situation in Rijeka, for example, inadequate traffic and port infrastructure and suprastructure, decline and stagnation of traffic in the port; and it deals with the research of solving these same problems. It is shown that the selection of the final location of the logistic and distribution center is of crucial importance for the creation of an efficient distribution network and a better connection of the port with the logistics system, which affects the overall development of the port, and most importantly it is also shown how port of Rijeka functions as a distribution center.