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Part of tho Harbour as seen from Kvseslhusbroen. The number of ships arrived in 1924 were 16,944 with an j aggregate tonnage of 4,942,262 reg. tons net. The am ount of j goods, passed through the harbour during the same year j was about 5,5 million tons. : : The Freeport of Copenhagen is the most modern p a rt of ; the Copenhagen harbour and is situated close to the entrance j from the Sund. Thanks to the excellent position of Copen- j liagen by the most trafficed searoute to the Baltic and the j equipment with the most modern technical machinery for the j loading and unloading, the Freeport has become the center j of the tra n s it trade on the Baltic. One of the advantages by : using the Freeport is, th a t goods of all kinds can be loaded j and unloaded here, stored and worked and then passed : through to all parts of the world w ithout any payment j of duty. j The Freeport as well as the H arbour are connected, by j means of several steam-ship-lines, with almost every port : on the globe. j

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