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River to the Križišče-Ankaran road on the north side, and the Križišče-
Koper road on the east side, so that the entire Sermin hill belonged to
the industrial zone. The building plan of the Port was harmonized with
the building plan of the city of Koper, and included in the urban plan of
Koper according to the proposal of the Port.12
Koper was supposed to offer some advantages for the development
of the processing industry in the immediate port hinterland, In particu-
lar: the extensive available space over an area of 6 00 ha; the organized
free customs zone; proximity to the port and the port converters; a de-
veloped communication network between the sea and the hinterland; the
possibility of providing satisfactory quantities of fresh water; the poten-
tial reserve of workforce in the immediate hinterland; and the interest of
domestic and foreign industrial companies in setting up their plants in
the industrial zone of the Port of Koper. In addition to the plans drawn
up in 1963, which provided for the installation of a refinery and the devel-
opment of ferrous metallurgy and petrochemistry, the installation of a
thermal power plant run on liquid fuels was planned inside the industrial
zone of the Port of Koper, with a capacity of 200 MW, which would grad-
ually increase to 600 MW. The produced power was supposed to be part-
ly used for the needs of the Slovenian coast and Istria, while most of it
would flow through the power line towards Ljubljana, to cover the grow-
ing electricity deficit in Slovenia. The planned connection with the trans-
mission line from the Divača substation to Trieste would also enable the
exchange of energy with Italy. In addition to the construction of a termi-
nal for storage of fuel oil and heavy oils, they also planned a terminal for
liquid chemicals, and devised plans for the construction of a terminal for
receiving specialized ships with liquefied Saharan natural gas, with facil-
12 PAK, 728, Petrinja Danilo, t. e. 11, ‘Razvoj Luke Koper, Pregled programov in ra-
ziskav’, November 1964, n. 137. The port area destined for the trade operations
stretched along the northern coast of the town, along the Škocjan Bay barrier to
the Rižana River, and ran west along the sea in a north-south direction to the ex-
treme western edge of the breakwater in the ‘old port of Koper’. It covered the old
port area, to the Harbour Master’s Office, and from there it ran in a straight line to
the northern edge of the road at Belvedere, and from west to east along the natu-
ral border between Koper Hill and the coastal plateau to the so-called port square
with the passenger station. On the west side of the port square, it turned to the
northeast and ran parallel to the Škocjan Bay closure and included all the perma-
nent and most important warehouses. The border of the trading port turned east,
near the oil tanks, and ran along the south side of the railway tracks to below Ser-
min, where it crossed the tracks under the Koper freight station and returned west
north of the railway tracks to the Rižana River, along which it ran to reach the sea.
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River to the Križišče-Ankaran road on the north side, and the Križišče-
Koper road on the east side, so that the entire Sermin hill belonged to
the industrial zone. The building plan of the Port was harmonized with
the building plan of the city of Koper, and included in the urban plan of
Koper according to the proposal of the Port.12
Koper was supposed to offer some advantages for the development
of the processing industry in the immediate port hinterland, In particu-
lar: the extensive available space over an area of 6 00 ha; the organized
free customs zone; proximity to the port and the port converters; a de-
veloped communication network between the sea and the hinterland; the
possibility of providing satisfactory quantities of fresh water; the poten-
tial reserve of workforce in the immediate hinterland; and the interest of
domestic and foreign industrial companies in setting up their plants in
the industrial zone of the Port of Koper. In addition to the plans drawn
up in 1963, which provided for the installation of a refinery and the devel-
opment of ferrous metallurgy and petrochemistry, the installation of a
thermal power plant run on liquid fuels was planned inside the industrial
zone of the Port of Koper, with a capacity of 200 MW, which would grad-
ually increase to 600 MW. The produced power was supposed to be part-
ly used for the needs of the Slovenian coast and Istria, while most of it
would flow through the power line towards Ljubljana, to cover the grow-
ing electricity deficit in Slovenia. The planned connection with the trans-
mission line from the Divača substation to Trieste would also enable the
exchange of energy with Italy. In addition to the construction of a termi-
nal for storage of fuel oil and heavy oils, they also planned a terminal for
liquid chemicals, and devised plans for the construction of a terminal for
receiving specialized ships with liquefied Saharan natural gas, with facil-
12 PAK, 728, Petrinja Danilo, t. e. 11, ‘Razvoj Luke Koper, Pregled programov in ra-
ziskav’, November 1964, n. 137. The port area destined for the trade operations
stretched along the northern coast of the town, along the Škocjan Bay barrier to
the Rižana River, and ran west along the sea in a north-south direction to the ex-
treme western edge of the breakwater in the ‘old port of Koper’. It covered the old
port area, to the Harbour Master’s Office, and from there it ran in a straight line to
the northern edge of the road at Belvedere, and from west to east along the natu-
ral border between Koper Hill and the coastal plateau to the so-called port square
with the passenger station. On the west side of the port square, it turned to the
northeast and ran parallel to the Škocjan Bay closure and included all the perma-
nent and most important warehouses. The border of the trading port turned east,
near the oil tanks, and ran along the south side of the railway tracks to below Ser-
min, where it crossed the tracks under the Koper freight station and returned west
north of the railway tracks to the Rižana River, along which it ran to reach the sea.
138
