Slovenian Maritime Day

Sergej Mašera Maritime Museum in Piran
The Slovenian Ankaran and Triglav military patrol boats
Fishermen on the Slovenian sea

The Maritime Day (Slovene: dan pomorstva) is an anniversary in Slovenia dedicated to maritime activities and history. It is celebrated annually on 7 March. It was established with a decree by the Government of Slovenia on 7 March 1996.[1] The event was celebrated with the unveiling of an eco-friendly ship in 2019[2] and with the opening of a centre for maritime traffic control and management in crisis situation in 2021.[3][4]

The date was chosen in remembrance of the passing of the Resolution on Maritime Strategy of the Republic of Slovenia on 7 March 1991.[5][6] The resolution consists of three parts: 1) The declaration that Slovenia is a maritime country; 2) the undertaking to use the coastal region in a sustainable way, and 3) the undertaking to observe the international maritime rules.[7] It is a short document that contains the general development orientations for Slovenian maritime sector.[8] Opinions on how well it has been put to use are mixed.[9][10]

Slovenia, which has 46.6 kilometres (29.0 mi) of the coast along the Adriatic Sea in the Gulf of Trieste, operates the Port of Koper with over 20 million tons of annual goods handling,[11] the Faculty of Maritime Studies and Transport in Portorož, the Sergej Mašera Maritime Museum in Piran, and the Piran Marine Biological Station.[12] Historically, in the maritime sector, the Slovenes were mostly involved with the Austro-Hungarian and Yugoslav Navy,[13] [14] and the Sečovlje saltpans[15] as well as tourism in Portorož and fishing industry in Izola.[16]

  1. ^ "Sklep o določitvi dneva pomorstva" [Decision Designating Maritime Day]. Pisrs.si (in Slovenian). 8 March 1996. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Danes obeležujemo dan pomorstva: V Kopru bodo krstili ekeloško plovilo" [Today We Celebrate the Maritime Day: an Eco-Friendly Vessel will be Launched in Koper] (in Slovenian). Regional. 7 March 2019.
  3. ^ "New Maritime Traffic Control Centre Opens in Koper". The Slovenia Times. 6 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Dan pomorstva - Otvoritev Centra za nadzor prometa in upravljanje v kriznih situacijah" [The Maritime Day – Opening of the Centre for Traffic Control and Management in Crisis Situation] (in Slovenian). 8 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Resolucija o pomorski strategiji Republike Slovenije" [Resolution on Maritime Strategy of the Republic of Slovenia] (in Slovenian). 7 March 1991.
  6. ^ "Slovenia – a maritime country". I Feel Slovenia. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Ob slovenskem dnevu pomorstva". Faculty of Maritime Studies and Transport. 7 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Resolucija o pomorski strategiji za Republiko Slovenijo" [Resolution on Maritime Strategy of the Republic of Slovenia] (PDF). Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia. 14 March 1991. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  9. ^ Škamperle, Tjaša (11 September 2021). "Peter Vidmar: "O pomorstvu naj govorijo vsak dan!"" [Peter Vidmar: "Maritime Should Be Talked About Every Day!"]. MMC RTV Slovenia.
  10. ^ Gleščič, Katja (5 March 2021). "Dan pomorstva v karanteno" [The Maritime Day to the Quarantine]. Primorske novice (in Slovenian).
  11. ^ Ralev, Radomir (12 January 2023). "Slovenia's Luka Koper maritime throughput rises 12% in 2022". SeeNews.
  12. ^ Klavžar, Andreja (20 May 2017). "High anniversaries of Slovenia as a maritime country". MMC RTV Slovenia.
  13. ^ Omahen, Rok (7 September 2014). "Avstro-ogrska vojna mornarica - 400 milijonov za topove in ladje" [Austro-Hungarian Navy – 400 million for Guns and Ships]. MMC RTV Slovenia (in Slovenian).
  14. ^ "The Slovene Seamen" (PDF). Sergej Mašera Piran Maritime Museum. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  15. ^ Pipan, Primož. "Sečoveljske soline" [Sečovlje Saltworks]. In Šmid Hribar, Mateja; Torkar, Gregor; Golež, Mateja; et al. (eds.). Enciklopedija naravne in kulturne dediščine na Slovenskem (in Slovenian). DEDI. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  16. ^ "Iz-solana, the House of the Sea: exhibition". Sergej Mašera Maritime Museum. Retrieved 7 March 2023.