Idolobha laseTrieste lalaziwa njengedolobha lekhofi kakade ngesikhathi sikaNapoleon. Ngesikhathi se-Austro-Hungarian, yathola isimo sedolobha eliyitheku elibaluleke kakhulu lombuso, nezimpahla ezidayiswa kulo zivela eNyakatho naseNingizimu Melika ukuya eMpumalanga naseWest Indies. Ikhofi lase liba yimpahla edayiswa kakhulu ngaleso sikhathi ngenxa yokuthandwa kwalo okukhulayo kuwo wonke amadolobha amakhulu aseYurophu. Idolobha laseTrieste ngokwalo, elihlinzeka ngezithelo zesitshalo sekhofi kwamanye amadolobha aseYurophu ngalesi sikhathi, liqala indaba yalo yothando ngekhofi, esaphila kuze kube yilolu suku. Lobu budlelwano busekelwe othandweni oluzinikele lwabantu kanye nesiko elilwela nsuku zonke ukuzuza ubuhle bekhofi elithengiswa emigwaqweni yaseTrieste, elihlinzeka ngemikhiqizo namasevisi asezingeni lomhlaba. Akudingekile ukukhuluma ngemikhiqizo edumile emhlabeni wonke, kusobala ngisho nangaphandle kokuthi ikhofi lidumile e-Trieste nokuthi i-Trieste idolobha lapho ikhofi lingaphuzi khona, kodwa lijabulela. Yonke imigwaqo, isakhiwo ngasinye sixhumene ngokuqondile noma ngokungaqondile nekhofi: abangenisa kwamanye amazwe, abathumela kwamanye amazwe, izitolo, izimakethe, abarosta, amakhefi. Simele futhi sifuna ukumela konke lokhu, okuyinto kithi emele umthwalo nendima esiyifezayo nsuku zonke.