Description

he Porto Vecchio (‘Old Port’) of Trieste was planned as an example of cutting-edge technology in the harbour sector and was built between 1868 and 1883. The heart of this integrated system of buildings and plant was the ‘Hydrodynamic Station’ which powered all the port’s plant via a complex network of high-pressure piping reaching every part of what was then “Der Neue Hafen” (‘The New Port’). In July 2011, one of the hangars was restored: Magazzino 26, dating to 1890-97, containing an area of 30,000 square metres. Trieste’s Porto Nuovo has, from south to north: molo VII, a terminal container with enormous cranes, a Ro-Ro (roll on roll off) facility, a coffee hub, molo VI for cereals and multi-purpose; molo V, a terminal for fruit and various goods; Riva Traiana with its Ro-Ro terminal; the passenger terminal of the Stazione Marittima; molo IV with another passenger terminal. The quays are laid in such a way as to enable ships to be moored facing the Bora.