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The Post-war Economy in Koper: Development Plans for the Port Industrial Activities ...
ities for its storage and regasification. From Koper, gas would be trans-
ported via a gas pipeline through Slovenian territory to consumption
centres in Austria and the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. The capaci-
ty of the underground reservoirs was expected to be 125,000 cubic me-
tres. In order to make the most of the free customs zone status, the plan
called for the construction of other facilities inside the industrial zone of
the port of Koper. The plan involved the building of an oil mill with a ca-
pacity of 200–300 tons of processed raw materials per day, a feed factory,
and a plywood factory (based on imports and processing of exotic wood
from West Africa). Moreover, other productions were expected to start:
rice husk, hazelnut packing, textile confection, assembly of bicycles, pro-
duction of hats, processing of waste cirrus into essential oil, production
of various metal objects, and the like. At the same time, they noted that
the implementation and concretization of the offers and plans for the in-
dustrial zone were linked to the harmonization of Yugoslav foreign trade
regulations, with the possibility of an active integration into the interna-
tional economy.13
The kerosene port terminal and the liquid fuel storage facilities
in Sermin
At first, the company Petrol was established on 12 May, 1945 by the
Yugoslav government as part of the establishment of the State Petroleum
Company Jugopetrol, headquartered in Belgrade. Immediately after its
foundation, the company opened branches in all the federated Republics,
and two years later each branch became an autonomous company, as
did Jugopetrol Ljubljana.14 This Company became independent after the
Government of the People’s Republic of Slovenia, by Decision no. S-zak.
571 of 18 January 1947, founded the Trade and Production Company
‘PETROL’ Ljubljana. The company’s main business was wholesale and re-
tail: oil, petroleum products, lubricating oils and lubricants, motor vehi-
cles, spare parts and accessories, paints, varnishes, chemicals and sup-
plies, rubber, and rubber and plastic products. Moreover, among other
activities, the refining of oil and petroleum products was also envisaged.15
13 PAK, 712.1, Skupščina občine Koper, t. e. 214, Skupščina občine Koper, Urbanis-
tični program slovenske obale, Investbiro Koper, 1966. Published by the Municipal
Assemblies of Koper, Izola and Piran. Koper: Primorski tisk, 44–49.
14 Petrol 2019c.
15 PAK, 95, Okrožno gospodarsko sodišče Koper, t. e. 434.4, Okrožno gospodarsko
sodišče v Ljubljani, III R 10/71. Izpisek iz registra podjetij in obratov.
139
ities for its storage and regasification. From Koper, gas would be trans-
ported via a gas pipeline through Slovenian territory to consumption
centres in Austria and the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. The capaci-
ty of the underground reservoirs was expected to be 125,000 cubic me-
tres. In order to make the most of the free customs zone status, the plan
called for the construction of other facilities inside the industrial zone of
the port of Koper. The plan involved the building of an oil mill with a ca-
pacity of 200–300 tons of processed raw materials per day, a feed factory,
and a plywood factory (based on imports and processing of exotic wood
from West Africa). Moreover, other productions were expected to start:
rice husk, hazelnut packing, textile confection, assembly of bicycles, pro-
duction of hats, processing of waste cirrus into essential oil, production
of various metal objects, and the like. At the same time, they noted that
the implementation and concretization of the offers and plans for the in-
dustrial zone were linked to the harmonization of Yugoslav foreign trade
regulations, with the possibility of an active integration into the interna-
tional economy.13
The kerosene port terminal and the liquid fuel storage facilities
in Sermin
At first, the company Petrol was established on 12 May, 1945 by the
Yugoslav government as part of the establishment of the State Petroleum
Company Jugopetrol, headquartered in Belgrade. Immediately after its
foundation, the company opened branches in all the federated Republics,
and two years later each branch became an autonomous company, as
did Jugopetrol Ljubljana.14 This Company became independent after the
Government of the People’s Republic of Slovenia, by Decision no. S-zak.
571 of 18 January 1947, founded the Trade and Production Company
‘PETROL’ Ljubljana. The company’s main business was wholesale and re-
tail: oil, petroleum products, lubricating oils and lubricants, motor vehi-
cles, spare parts and accessories, paints, varnishes, chemicals and sup-
plies, rubber, and rubber and plastic products. Moreover, among other
activities, the refining of oil and petroleum products was also envisaged.15
13 PAK, 712.1, Skupščina občine Koper, t. e. 214, Skupščina občine Koper, Urbanis-
tični program slovenske obale, Investbiro Koper, 1966. Published by the Municipal
Assemblies of Koper, Izola and Piran. Koper: Primorski tisk, 44–49.
14 Petrol 2019c.
15 PAK, 95, Okrožno gospodarsko sodišče Koper, t. e. 434.4, Okrožno gospodarsko
sodišče v Ljubljani, III R 10/71. Izpisek iz registra podjetij in obratov.
139
