Jugoslovensko-italijansko pomorsko rivalstvo na Jadranskom moru 1919-1929.

Abstract

The Italian domination was quite evident in Yugoslav-Italian rivalry at the Adriatic Sea from 1919 to 1929. Italian merchant fleet was much more developed than Yugoslav, both by number of ships and by their tonnage, while Italian ports were better equipped than Yugoslav. The advantage of Italy was also in the fact that it owned the most important ports on eastern Adriatic coast, Trieste and Rijeka/Fiume (since 1924), and that both were very well connected by railroads to Central Europe. The possibility of transport of people and goods by sea had exceptional influence on Yugoslav-Italian economic relations in that period, with Italian maritime companies holding the primacy in the trade exchange between the two countries. Over 70% of all Yugoslav export by sea from 1925 to 1927 was in the hands of Italian merchant fleet, which also covered significant percentage of all Yugoslav imports. The rivalry between the two countries continued after 1929, and it was also characterized by the Italian domination.

Keywords

• The Kingdom of Serbs
• Croats and Slovenes
• Italy
• rivalry
• the Adriatic sea
• the trade exchange
• merchant marine
• sea and port traffic