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The Post-war Economy in Koper: Development Plans for the Port Industrial Activities ...
ing the sale of fuel to the holders of small border passes, who came daily
from nearby parts of Italy by motor vehicle.5
With the increase of local consumption, the demand for petrole-
um products increased rapidly by the beginning of the 1960s, both at the
national and state level. During the first period, the oil turnover at the
Yugoslav level was constant until 1961 and amounted to around 600,000
tons, which accounted for imports and exports between domestic ports
for the needs of the Adriatic coast. Then, the oil trade doubled in 1962, and
in 1963 it even tripled compared to 1961, reaching a height of 1,840,000
tons of oil.6 Given the increased needs for petroleum products during this
period, an idea emerged with the goal to establish a special channel for
the import of gasoline and heating oil through the port of Koper, through
which about 116,000 tons of oil were imported annually. For the manipu-
lation and storage of imported oil and its derivatives, the construction of
tanks was planned in the Port of Koper, with an initial static capacity of
35,000 tons, which would be gradually increased to 100,000 tons. In this
way, the new depots would at least partially cover not only the local, but
all the Slovenian needs for this energy source.7
Plans for the development of the port industrial zone in Koper
Along with the plans for the import and transshipment of the petro-
leum products in the port of Koper, in the early 1960s many new ideas
about the development of industrial facilities related to oil refining be-
gan to emerge. Within the then prevailing economic concept of the need
for rapid industrialization of the country, the development of the Port
of Koper was inevitably linked to that of the industrial sector and indus-
trial production: ‘The Slovenian industry supplies raw materials and ex-
ports through Rijeka and other ports, which are overloaded with mari-
time cargo. The Port of Koper has all the conditions to meet the needs of
Slovenian industry, as it is the most natural economic partner of this in-
dustry and forms an economic whole with it.’8
5 PAK, 24.3. ‘Investicijski programi pri OLO Koper’, t. e. 13. 3. ‘Investicijski program
za nakup avtocisterne, Trgovinsko podjetje Istra -Benz Koper’, dated 1959.
6 PAK, 728, Petrinja Danilo, t. e. 11, ‘Razvoj Luke Koper, Pregled programov in ra-
ziskav’, November 1964, 28.
7 PAK, 728, Petrinja Danilo, t. e. 11, ‘Razvoj Luke Koper, Pregled programov in ra-
ziskav’, November 1964, 67.
8 PAK, 728, Petrinja Danilo, t. e. 11, ‘Razvoj Luke Koper, Pregled programov in ra-
ziskav’, November 1964, 64.
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ing the sale of fuel to the holders of small border passes, who came daily
from nearby parts of Italy by motor vehicle.5
With the increase of local consumption, the demand for petrole-
um products increased rapidly by the beginning of the 1960s, both at the
national and state level. During the first period, the oil turnover at the
Yugoslav level was constant until 1961 and amounted to around 600,000
tons, which accounted for imports and exports between domestic ports
for the needs of the Adriatic coast. Then, the oil trade doubled in 1962, and
in 1963 it even tripled compared to 1961, reaching a height of 1,840,000
tons of oil.6 Given the increased needs for petroleum products during this
period, an idea emerged with the goal to establish a special channel for
the import of gasoline and heating oil through the port of Koper, through
which about 116,000 tons of oil were imported annually. For the manipu-
lation and storage of imported oil and its derivatives, the construction of
tanks was planned in the Port of Koper, with an initial static capacity of
35,000 tons, which would be gradually increased to 100,000 tons. In this
way, the new depots would at least partially cover not only the local, but
all the Slovenian needs for this energy source.7
Plans for the development of the port industrial zone in Koper
Along with the plans for the import and transshipment of the petro-
leum products in the port of Koper, in the early 1960s many new ideas
about the development of industrial facilities related to oil refining be-
gan to emerge. Within the then prevailing economic concept of the need
for rapid industrialization of the country, the development of the Port
of Koper was inevitably linked to that of the industrial sector and indus-
trial production: ‘The Slovenian industry supplies raw materials and ex-
ports through Rijeka and other ports, which are overloaded with mari-
time cargo. The Port of Koper has all the conditions to meet the needs of
Slovenian industry, as it is the most natural economic partner of this in-
dustry and forms an economic whole with it.’8
5 PAK, 24.3. ‘Investicijski programi pri OLO Koper’, t. e. 13. 3. ‘Investicijski program
za nakup avtocisterne, Trgovinsko podjetje Istra -Benz Koper’, dated 1959.
6 PAK, 728, Petrinja Danilo, t. e. 11, ‘Razvoj Luke Koper, Pregled programov in ra-
ziskav’, November 1964, 28.
7 PAK, 728, Petrinja Danilo, t. e. 11, ‘Razvoj Luke Koper, Pregled programov in ra-
ziskav’, November 1964, 67.
8 PAK, 728, Petrinja Danilo, t. e. 11, ‘Razvoj Luke Koper, Pregled programov in ra-
ziskav’, November 1964, 64.
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