Due to the fast-growing world trade, many ports ensure transhipment of different cargoes, a good example of which is the Port of Koper, where liquid cargo, bulk cargo and general cargo are loaded and unloaded. It is thanks to this possibility that the Port of Koper has become one of the leading ports in the North Adriatic; moreover, owing to its capabilities, it has also become one of the leading ports in supplying Central Europe.
For this reason, many shipowners seized this opportunity by visiting the Port of Koper with different sizes of ships for their transhipment. In doing so, they generate profit for themselves and for everyone involved in the ships’ arrival to the port or their departure from it.
Many port authorities are responsible for undisturbed functioning of the port; their work ranges from performing tasks at the sea to cleaning the port. This is why I decided to focus on the authorities who are in charge of monitoring the ships’ arrival and departure, including all procedures from arrival notification to mooring the ship.
The paper presents port authorities, with a particular emphasis on the authorities responsible for the ship itself, namely pilots, tuggers, employees mooring the ships and harbourmasters.
Furthermore, it seemed reasonable to present how a shipowner decides on the size of the ship to be brought to the port; these decisions are well-considered and known in advance as the modern market strives for profit rather than loss.
I also present the ships’ arrival and departure as well as the organisation of port authorities that are involved in the process and, at the same time, ensure the security for other vessels and the port itself. Different factors affecting the organisation of the authorities are stressed; moreover, I describe how order and discipline are ensured by following the regulations.
To better understand the functioning of the port authorities in case of incidents, I examined cases of maritime incidents that occurred in the Port of Koper or its surroundings.
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