%0 Journal Article
%T Strategic importance of the seaport of Koper, Slovenia
%A Zupančič, Jernej
%J Prace Komisji Geografii Komunikacji PTG
%V 2016
%R 10.4467/2543859XPKG.16.014.6312
%N 19 (3)
%P 18-26
%K Koper, maritime transport, Slovenia, Central Europe, geopolitics, Adriatic
%@ 1426-5915
%D 2016
%U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/pkgkptg/artykul/strategic-importance-of-the-seaport-of-koper-slovenia
%X 
	Presented is the development of the city and the port of Koper in the Upper Adriatic and its role as a regional transport node. Koper is in fact a substitute port-city; it developed after the decline of Trieste in the post-WW2 period because of the needs of Slovenian economy within ideologically polarized Europe during the 1950s. Favourable economic connections between Slovenia and the wider hinterlands in Central Europe facilitated the development of this port into an important North Adriatic transport node, with over 20 million tons of cargo per year and specialization for transportation of cars, timber, containers and finer commodities.