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The Post-war Economy in Koper: Development Plans for the Port Industrial Activities ...
In connection with the construction of a terminal for petroleum prod-
ucts, a study for the construction of the Koper-Vienna oil pipeline was
prepared, along with a project concerning the construction of a terminal
for the storage of liquid chemicals was prepared. In the industrial zone,
the construction of other facilities that were not directly connected to
the oil terminal was also planned.22
As a consequence of some infrastructural difficulties and other prob-
lems, the construction of the terminal for imported petroleum products
was significantly delayed. The so-called kerosene port was completed by
the end of 1968, after the construction of the Koper-Prešnica railway line
in 1967. It was located in the area north of the mouth of the Rižana River.23
The bridge for landing the ship was located together with the bridge for
unloading liquefied gas and chemicals, by the middle port basin before
the Rižana estuary. A 700 metre embankment was built from the mouth
of the river Rižana to the west into the sea, and a second, deeper port ba-
sin was excavated. At the western end of the embankment, on its south-
ern side, a platform for the erection of conversion arms was built. Two
years later, two steel pipe bumpers were built next to the platform for the
safe mooring of tankers, up to a carrying capacity of 80,000 DWT, and at
a landing speed of 10 cm/sec. The so-called port basin II was deepened to
16 metres in 1970–1973 and widened. The largest tanker to land at the ker-
osene port by then had 96,000 DWT.24 At that time, the storage capacity
(55,000 m3) enabled an annual turnover of around 800,000 tons of fuel.
Oil for the Bosanski Brod refinery began to be imported through the ter-
minal. However, enterprises interested in oil transit to Austria were also
expected to appear.25
The installation was managed by a special business unit of Petrol:
Instalacija tekočih goriv, Koper – Sermin (Installation of liquid fuels,
Koper – Sermin), specializing in the storage of liquid fuels and the per-
formance of related businesses. The founder company provided the fixed
22 PAK, 728, Danilo Petrinja, t. e. 11, ‘Program razvoja luke v Kopru’, 1965, 310–313.
23 PAK, 728, Danilo Petrinja, t. e. 11, ‘Program razvoja luke v Kopru’, 1965, 310.
24 PAK, 728, Danilo Petrinja, t. e. 24. 1, ‘Študija povezave z naftovodom in produk-
tovodoma luke Koper in Iplasa Koper z rafinerijo Aquila pri Trstu, Naročnik Luka
Koper in Iplas Koper’, Ljubljana, December 1978.
25 PAK, 728, Danilo Petrinja, t. e. 11 ‘Program razvoja Luke Koper do leta 1975’, Kop-
er, June 1969, 78; 97–98.
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In connection with the construction of a terminal for petroleum prod-
ucts, a study for the construction of the Koper-Vienna oil pipeline was
prepared, along with a project concerning the construction of a terminal
for the storage of liquid chemicals was prepared. In the industrial zone,
the construction of other facilities that were not directly connected to
the oil terminal was also planned.22
As a consequence of some infrastructural difficulties and other prob-
lems, the construction of the terminal for imported petroleum products
was significantly delayed. The so-called kerosene port was completed by
the end of 1968, after the construction of the Koper-Prešnica railway line
in 1967. It was located in the area north of the mouth of the Rižana River.23
The bridge for landing the ship was located together with the bridge for
unloading liquefied gas and chemicals, by the middle port basin before
the Rižana estuary. A 700 metre embankment was built from the mouth
of the river Rižana to the west into the sea, and a second, deeper port ba-
sin was excavated. At the western end of the embankment, on its south-
ern side, a platform for the erection of conversion arms was built. Two
years later, two steel pipe bumpers were built next to the platform for the
safe mooring of tankers, up to a carrying capacity of 80,000 DWT, and at
a landing speed of 10 cm/sec. The so-called port basin II was deepened to
16 metres in 1970–1973 and widened. The largest tanker to land at the ker-
osene port by then had 96,000 DWT.24 At that time, the storage capacity
(55,000 m3) enabled an annual turnover of around 800,000 tons of fuel.
Oil for the Bosanski Brod refinery began to be imported through the ter-
minal. However, enterprises interested in oil transit to Austria were also
expected to appear.25
The installation was managed by a special business unit of Petrol:
Instalacija tekočih goriv, Koper – Sermin (Installation of liquid fuels,
Koper – Sermin), specializing in the storage of liquid fuels and the per-
formance of related businesses. The founder company provided the fixed
22 PAK, 728, Danilo Petrinja, t. e. 11, ‘Program razvoja luke v Kopru’, 1965, 310–313.
23 PAK, 728, Danilo Petrinja, t. e. 11, ‘Program razvoja luke v Kopru’, 1965, 310.
24 PAK, 728, Danilo Petrinja, t. e. 24. 1, ‘Študija povezave z naftovodom in produk-
tovodoma luke Koper in Iplasa Koper z rafinerijo Aquila pri Trstu, Naročnik Luka
Koper in Iplas Koper’, Ljubljana, December 1978.
25 PAK, 728, Danilo Petrinja, t. e. 11 ‘Program razvoja Luke Koper do leta 1975’, Kop-
er, June 1969, 78; 97–98.
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