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  History

The history of the company and important milestones

Our story started on the part of the operative shore where a new city by-pass is located. This is the oldest coast of the commercial Port of Koper and it was here that the company's development started with the handling of general cargo.

1957
  • The Port of Koper is established
1958
  • The first transoceanic ship Gorica is moored
1963
  • The status of a free-trade zone is acquired

1967

  • Railway connection between Koper and the hinterland is established
1974
  • The first regular container line for the Mediterranean is established
1979
  • Container Terminal is constructed
1984
  • Terminal for Coal and Iron Ore is constructed
1988
  • Grain silo is constructed
1996
  • Car Terminal is constructed
  • The company undergoes privatisation and transformation into Luka Koper d.d.
1997
  • ISO 9002 certificate is acquired
  • Sea monitoring is established and co-operation starts with REMPEC centre in Malta (Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea)
1998
  • Livestock terminal is constructed
  • Waste management centre is set up
1999
  • Parking garage is constructed, with a capacity of up to 3,350 cars
2000
  • ISO 14001 environmental certificate is acquired
  • 30-year concession is obtained for managing the container terminal in the Trieste Port through the daughter company Trieste International Container Terminal spa
2001
  • Intensive construction takes place at Pier II
2002
  • The company receives the Business Excellence Award from the Republic of Slovenia
2003
  • The annual volume of handled cargo exceeds 11 million tons
2004
  • Luka Koper, d.d. acquires the status of a BIP post (border inspection post) for goods destined for the EU
  • The Terminal for Coal and Iron Ore was finalised and renamed the European Energy Terminal
  • The stake in Trieste International Container Terminal spa is sold
2005 
  • The company receives the European Award for Business Excellence granted by European Foundation for Quality Management
  • A new container crane was acquired
  • Luka Koper handled a record total cargo volume of 13 million tons
2006
  • The company enters the competition for the most prestigious European Business Excellence Award, and becomes an Excellence Award Finalist
  • Cargo throughput surpesses 14 million tons
2007
  • The daughter company Adria Terminali, d.o.o., which is managing the inland terminal in Sežana, is founded
  • The first part of the new information system for the operational work and marketing activity (TinO) is implemented
  • The award to the best ideas arising from the public tender for the complete special planning of the port area is conferred
  • The Regional representation for the Far East in Malaysia is opened
  • The foundation stones for the extension of the first Pier for container needs and erection of the new warehouse for cars are set up
  • The cargo throughput surpasses 15 million tons
2008
  • Luka Koper and the Republic of Slovenia signed the concession agreement, which settled issues related to port activities, management, development and ordinary maintenance of port infrastructure for a period of 35 years  
  • As the first Slovenian private railroad operator the daughter company Adria Transport, LTD, started its operations in Slovenia, Austria and Germany
  • Cargo throughput surpassed 16 million tons
  • The investment in the extension of the operative shore of peer number 1 is completed
  • New collective agreement between the management and the two port unions (representative of employers) is signed. This treaty maintains a long-run balance between economic, social and environmental viewpoints of development orientations of Luka Koper
2009
  • The new web site www.zivetispristaniscem.si was set up. The site offers a winder insight into the Luka Koper sustainable policy
  • Northern Adriatic ports – Koper, Trieste, Venice and Ravenna – signed an agreement on the establishment of NAPA (North Adriatic Port Association)
  • We received four new container post panamax cranes

 

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