Port of Trieste

The port of Trieste (Italian Porto di Trieste) is a free port and the largest seaport of the upper Adriatic Sea, as well as the most important overseas trading center for the whole of South - Central and South - Central Europe.

The port is part of the northeastern Italian border town of Trieste, in close proximity to Slovenia and the Port of Koper located there.

Port structure and use

The Port of Trieste is divided into five Freeport zones, which are operated by three private sector:

  • Age Freeport ( Punto Franco Vecchio)
  • New Freeport ( Punto Franco Nuovo )
  • Timber terminal ( Scalo Legnami )

The remaining two are directly managed by the Port Authority and both used industrially:

  • Mineral oil - free port zone ( Punto Franco OLII mineral )
  • " Zaulkanal " Freeport Zone ( Punto Franco del canale di Zaule )

The entire port area has an area of ​​2,304,000 square meters, of which 1,765,000 square meters are intended for the free port zone. 925,000 square feet of warehouse space available, of which 500,000 square meters are closed and covered. The free port zone is foreign customs of the European Union.

The port of Trieste has 12 docks and 47 operational berths. A railway network in the port consists of 75 km tracks, with direct rail connections to all wharves.

History

In the 19th century, shipping companies and shipyards were established in Trieste alongside emerging insurance companies and bank branches. Among the Austrian Lloyd ( 1833), the shipyard " San Marco" ( 1839/1840 ), the shipyard Giuseppe Tonellos (1852 ) and 1860, the Lloyd - Arsenal because the private shipyards were not able to meet with the production for the rapidly growing shipping companies.

Since June 16, 1930 form all Trieste shipyards ( with the exception of the Lloyd area ) Cantieri Riuniti society dell ' Adriatico.

Freeport

The importance of the Trieste port as a port and transshipment point, as well as commercial and business center grew from the 18th century with the establishment of the free port by Charles VI. of Austria. Trieste with Austrian support sparked Venice in 1719 from his leading role in trade with the Middle East and became the largest commercial center of the Adriatic Sea. 1802 ran in the port of Trieste on 5,442 ships umschlugen 483 326 tonnes of freight. At the peak of the flowering period of Trieste, around 100 years later, there were more than twice as many ships and more than ten times as much cargo handling. Main trading goods were coffee, sugar and tropical fruits, wines, oils, cotton, iron, wood and machinery.

The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 increased nor the function of the port of Trieste as access to the Central European business centers, along the trade routes in the Middle and Far East. Austrian industrial products have now been sold in Turkey, Egypt and Syria. As of 1867, the old port facilities that no longer corresponded to the growing trade were expanded. First, the northerly Freeport ( punto Franco ) has been extended. 1880 was the handling volume in the ports of Trieste 1.225 million tons. By 1912, this amount increased to 4.573 million tons. 1883 of 30 million crowns expensive harbor reconstruction was completed in the south of the city. The bearing surfaces and the new South Station ( stazione meridional ), which still exists today as the only passenger station of the city, were largely built on reclaimed land. However, the most important railway station until 1918 was the state railway station ( stazione della stato ). Between him and the Lloyd area, the new port (porto nuovo ), which was expanded in 1898 and was called up to the end of the monarchy Joseph's harbor stretched. The largest shipping company in Austria-Hungary was then the Austrian Lloyd, who was also one of the world 's largest shipping companies and was based in Trieste.

Old Port

Trieste was the world next to the plant in Buenos Aires, Calcutta and one of the first ports of Hamburg, which was equipped with a hydrodynamic system. The building of this is located behind the main pier and is characterized by two towers on the main facade. The plant supplied different quay cranes and cranes and lifting systems the storage houses with electricity. Since 1983 it is no longer operated. The grounds and the building are exemplary of the kk Industrial architecture of the time and a monument of inestimable value for the history of the port.

The Old Port area is of major urban significance for the city of Trieste and the possibility of a cultural and commercial re-use in the maritime spirit of the city.

Modern port extensions

Since the early 1970s, the Port Authority developed the construction of a so-called South Haven. The port of Trieste wants to expand by a better flow infrastructure of roads and railways, the range of use of the port of Trieste is currently expanding the entire port terminal Scalo Legnami with a total investment of 50 million euros to 70 million square meters, with the aim to strengthen the competitiveness of the port. In order to improve the rail links, the road network and the logistics platform of the port, the Italian government is supporting the project with 560 million euros.

Location and Connections

Traffic

The port of Trieste is one of Italy's largest ports and, due to its special location, also one of the most important trading ports for Austria, southern Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The foreign trade of Austria, but operated for several years more to competing in position favor the Port of Koper. Even the overseas trade of Slovenia is handled to a large extent on the Port of Koper; the trade of Croatia and Hungary through the port of Rijeka.

Overall, the traffic in the port amounted to a volume of 48 million tons per year, of which 35 million tons of crude oil, which then the main terminal in the Mediterranean - the terminal SIOT - is forwarded (via the Transalpine Pipeline towards Austria / Schwechat - and Germany / Ingolstadt, with a branch to the Czech Republic ).

The remaining traffic consists of various goods (about 5 million tons), coal, wood, minerals, grains and oil seeds.

The Port of Trieste is also a major ferry and cruise port and next to several lines call at the port.

Shipyards

  • Fincantieri
  • Officina Navale Quaiat
  • Fassmer GmbH
  • Shipyard San Marco, 1839/1840 ( historic)
  • Shipyard San Rocco ( historical )
  • Shipyard Giuseppe Tonello, 1852 ( Historical)
  • Lloyd area, 1860 ( Historical)

Shipping companies

  • Adria Maritime
  • Austro-Americana ( historical )
  • CMA -CGM
  • Costa Cruises ( Cruises )
  • Cosco Hong Kong Group
  • Evergreen Marine Corporation
  • Hapag -Lloyd Cruises ( Cruises )
  • Italia Marittima (until 2006: Lloyd Trientino, before the Austrian Lloyd )
  • Maersk Line
  • MSC - Mediterranean Shipping Company
  • Zim Integrated Shipping Services

Port and shipping companies

  • Federation of Freight Forwarders of the port of Trieste
  • Italian Association of Shipowners shipping lines
  • Italian Association Free Reeder
  • Compagnia di Trieste Lavoratori portuali
  • Body of the pilot of Trieste
  • Alps- Adriatic
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