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The Post-war Economy in Koper: Development Plans for the Port Industrial Activities ...
The development of a trading port (general cargo) followed only as a third
factor which was supposed to encourage the other industrial activities.28
The planned Koper industrial area was supposed to enable the de-
velopment of the entire Slovenian economy, offering a starting point for
broader economic connections with the Central European hinterland
countries.
The Koper economic complex can satisfy most of the requirements
of Slovenia’s future economic programme, namely the future rail-
way connection and a functional port. The development of the mari-
time industry and that of the basic processing industry could give di-
rection to the Slovenian economy in connection with the Austrian,
Czech, and Hungarian economies. In other words, the economic de-
velopment of the mentioned countries can foster a certain develop-
ment of our economy, and in particular the development of the eco-
nomic complex in Koper.29
Within this context, taking into account the already prepared plans,
the future Koper industrial zone was envisaged, with the development of
the so-called basic industries: refinery, oil mill, petrochemical plant, iron-
works, chemical production, and some other light and local industry fa-
cilities. The global needs of the industrial zone in the port were estimated
to require a coastline long enough to accommodate 3 to 5 million tons of
miscellaneous cargo per year (throughput, bulk cargo, and liquid fuels).30
The port was supposed to provide investment funds for the construc-
tion of the so-called Second Basin, which would be entirely intended for
industry (liquid and bulk cargo, with appropriate terminals), as an ar-
rangement of the relevant water area and access channels. The company
Industrijska zona Koper was expected to provide for the infrastructural
equipment of land intended for industrial activity. At that time, the area
envisioned for industrial and port activities measured 1,630 ha: 155 ha of
land for the port and the public warehouses, and 1450 ha for the needs of
the industrial zone.
28 PAK, 728, Danilo Petrinja, t. e. 14. 8, ‘Program razvoja luško-industrijskega kom-
pleksa v Kopru’, dated Koper, November 1969, 22.
29 PAK, 728, Danilo Petrinja, t. e. 14. 23, Koželj Bogomir (ed.), ‘Generalni načrt indus-
trijske cone Koper, Ekonomski del. Avtorji: Baškovič Ivo, Koželj Bogomir, Matjan
Slavko, Sovinc Ivan, Prodan Silvan’, 34.
30 Ibid., 47–61
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The development of a trading port (general cargo) followed only as a third
factor which was supposed to encourage the other industrial activities.28
The planned Koper industrial area was supposed to enable the de-
velopment of the entire Slovenian economy, offering a starting point for
broader economic connections with the Central European hinterland
countries.
The Koper economic complex can satisfy most of the requirements
of Slovenia’s future economic programme, namely the future rail-
way connection and a functional port. The development of the mari-
time industry and that of the basic processing industry could give di-
rection to the Slovenian economy in connection with the Austrian,
Czech, and Hungarian economies. In other words, the economic de-
velopment of the mentioned countries can foster a certain develop-
ment of our economy, and in particular the development of the eco-
nomic complex in Koper.29
Within this context, taking into account the already prepared plans,
the future Koper industrial zone was envisaged, with the development of
the so-called basic industries: refinery, oil mill, petrochemical plant, iron-
works, chemical production, and some other light and local industry fa-
cilities. The global needs of the industrial zone in the port were estimated
to require a coastline long enough to accommodate 3 to 5 million tons of
miscellaneous cargo per year (throughput, bulk cargo, and liquid fuels).30
The port was supposed to provide investment funds for the construc-
tion of the so-called Second Basin, which would be entirely intended for
industry (liquid and bulk cargo, with appropriate terminals), as an ar-
rangement of the relevant water area and access channels. The company
Industrijska zona Koper was expected to provide for the infrastructural
equipment of land intended for industrial activity. At that time, the area
envisioned for industrial and port activities measured 1,630 ha: 155 ha of
land for the port and the public warehouses, and 1450 ha for the needs of
the industrial zone.
28 PAK, 728, Danilo Petrinja, t. e. 14. 8, ‘Program razvoja luško-industrijskega kom-
pleksa v Kopru’, dated Koper, November 1969, 22.
29 PAK, 728, Danilo Petrinja, t. e. 14. 23, Koželj Bogomir (ed.), ‘Generalni načrt indus-
trijske cone Koper, Ekonomski del. Avtorji: Baškovič Ivo, Koželj Bogomir, Matjan
Slavko, Sovinc Ivan, Prodan Silvan’, 34.
30 Ibid., 47–61
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