Author: Viola Defend

Thank you to you all. See you next year!

Ph. credits: Fabrizio Giraldi

It will be just like being at sea, surrounded by the sounds of the ocean, sitting in the hold of the Pequod whaling ship, in search of self-discovery and the gigantic Moby Dick. From Friday, 24 May to Sunday, 26 May, Lloyd Tower in Trieste will host a performance of Roberto Abbiati’s play “Una tazza di mare in tempesta”, a play inspired by Herman Melville’s famous novel. Featuring Abbiati himself as the lead actor, as well as Johannes Schlosser and original music by Fabio Besana.

Held at the Teatro degli Incamminati, this intense, delicate, and surprising theatre experience will be offered to the city of Trieste by the Port System Authority of the Eastern Adriatic Sea as a cultural celebration of the 300th anniversary of the institution of the Trieste Free Port.

“On the 300th anniversary of the Free Port of Trieste and the 200th anniversary of the birth of the literary genius Herman Melville, we will turn the Port of Trieste into Nantucket, the starting point for whaling ships sailing off in search of fortune and adventure” explains the actor and director Roberto Abbiati. “Now as then, ports are the starting point for great commercial enterprises and epic adventures, just like the one that pitted Ishmael against the ocean. Celebrating a major commercial port such as Trieste’s with a theatre performance that depicts the actions, thoughts, and desires of fearless sailors is our tribute to the port and city of Trieste on this historic anniversary”.

Through the evocative power of the spoken word, Abbiati-Ishmael will take the audience – sitting in a special installation recalling the hold of a whaling ship – on a thrilling journey through sounds and small objects that bring to mind some of the human soul’s core elements and instincts. Sailing through frightening ocean storms and hunting down whales, small groups of 20 spectators will listen to the tales of Captain Ahab and his crew, an experience that will unfold all around the audience through sounds, light effects, and sensations of days gone by.

Anyone interested in attending the performance must register online via Eventbrite starting Monday, 20 May. For more information see www.portoftrieste300.com

Shifts:
24 May at 18:00, 19:00, 20:00, 21:00, 21:30
25 May at 11:00, 16:00, 19:00, 20:00, 21:00, 21:30
26 May at 11:00, 16:00, 17:00, 18:00

Watch a preview of the performance

Now in its fifth year, the Port of Trieste Open Day will be back on Sunday, 19 May. This initiative is promoted by the Port System Authority of the Eastern Adriatic Sea, together with trade associations, port operators, and the port community. A total of 700 reserved seats were made available on 5 May and sold out in a few days, testifying to the growing interest in getting to know the port’s activities close up.
Organized in eight shifts, starting at 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 14:00, 15:00, 16:00 and 17:00, the Open Day will call at several different locations. After a general presentation at the historic headquarters at Torre del Lloyd, participants will be taken by bus to the new port: Container terminal (Trieste Marine Terminal), Pacorini Silocaf, Multi-modal terminal (EMT Europa Multipurpose Terminals), Ro-Ro terminal (Samer Seaports & Terminal), Scalo Legnami with the logistics platform and finally Canale Navigabile (Wärtsilä Italia, Frigomar warehouses and other companies).
As in past years, a special pre-opening on Saturday, 18 May will be dedicated to instagrammers who want to recount their experience through their photographs, which will be posted with the hashtag #ILMIOPORTO.
During the tour, visitors will be able to discover the sites where ships and ferries load and offload their cargo and passengers, the types of goods transiting through the port, the contents of the containers, and the routes traveled by the ships that call at Trieste. The port, which is inextricably linked with local industrial and manufacturing output, will showcase its strong rail links, as evidenced by rails serving each and every quay, where visitors will be able to see not only containers, but also a range of unique objects, such as large engines and giant coals about to be loaded onboard. Open Day participants will also be able to access cargo warehouses, enjoy the scent of coffee beans, and enter refrigerated cells to gain a better understanding of how goods transiting through the port are stored. The terminal’s everyday workers will also be involved in the Open Day: in fact, they will describe first-hand the details of their jobs and activities.
“This Open Day is more significant than ever because it is part of the celebrations of the Free Port, whose goal is to cement the ties between the port, the city, and its hinterland,” said, Zeno D’Agostino, President of the Port System Authority.

“These Open Days will allow the local citizenry to witness the port’s daily activities while making it possible for those who work in the port to showcase the unique aspects of their jobs, which remain little known. For this reason, we invite all citizens to participate in the guided visits, which I am sure will draw much interest and curiosity”.

Ph. credits: Fabrizio Giraldi

Photo credits: Fabrizio Giraldi

Ports and the future: maritime traffic flow projections, the development of transport and logistics, the use of renewable energy, and the new frontiers of technological innovation. These are just a few of the many global and local issues that will be discussed on Thursday, April 4 at Trieste’s Pier IV starting at 9 a.m. on the occasion of “Designing the port of the future: Horizon 2030”, the mid-term conference of the “DocksTheFuture” European project.

This event – promoted by Circle and the “Magellan – EU Affairs Consultancy” Portuguese association in collaboration with the Port Network Authority of the Eastern Adriatic Sea – aims at taking stock of the results achieved so far by “DocksTheFuture”. This project is designed to define the concept of the port of the future and the challenges it will have to face: process simplification and digitalization, reduction of emissions, the energy transition, city-port relations, and management of renewable energies. In particular, the conference aims at focusing on the main issues that will affect the design of European ports in the next 10 years, identifying key performance indicators (KPI), drawing a coherent “Port of the Future Road Map” and a network of ports working within the synergy dubbed “Port of the Future Network of Excellence”.

March 31th , with Mauro Covacich

March 24th, with Giulio Mellinato

Photo credits: Giuliano Koren

Trieste, a city of communities and diversity: the many different traits of the city are reflected in the different typefaces of the logotype designed for the 300th anniversary of the proclamation of the Free Port of Trieste, the act that gave birth to the modern city.