Our History

In 1884, Diodato tripcovich who was oinly 22, moved to Trieste. He was attracted by the developments in steam merchant shipping, whose traffics were concentrated in the Port of Trieste, the natural outlet of trade exchanges for the Austrian-Hungarian Empire.

In 1891, after a period spent at Lloyd Austriaco as appreciated officer, he devoted himselfto mediation activities in the field of oak carriage by sea. Such a wood was exported from Slavonia to France to produce casks destined to cognac ageing.

After 4 years, in 1895, he created the company named Ditta D.Tripcovich Società di Armamento e Agenzia Marittima.
He bought a second-hand steamship, “CARLO” (359 grt), built in Winghorn in 1892, and he begun a modest activity along the Adriatic coasts. Rapidly he obtained unexpected results. Relying upon this success, as well as upon the trust he had gained, especially among his fellow-countrymen, Diodato Tripcovich enlarged his fleet of stemships, and he established regular coast shipping lines for goods and passengers.

In December 1910, his fleet included 17 steamships, globally amounting to 43.000 grt. Since regular line services roved to be very important, Tripcovich’s activities expanded in this field. A weekly passengers service was established between Trieste and Ancona. It was immediately followed by a daily service between Trieste and Venice. Goods and passengers trade ined kept on developing along the courses of the central Mediterranean Sea. The outbreak of the World War I entailed a reduction on Tripcovich’s shipping activities, since the company’s ships were occasionally confiscated to be used for war purposes.