Kraks Vejviser 1931 Handelsregister

The subjoined figures show the traffic on the largest ports in the year 1929: 220

Goods discharged and loaded, tons 5.700.000 2.014.000 1.403.000

Arrivals .. 18.143

Copenhagen ....................... Aalborg—Nørresundby . . . .. 5.696 A arhus.............................. .. 4.306 Esbjerg................. ■............ .. 1.152 Odense ............. ?............... .. 2.388 Nyborg................. - ........... 679 Fredericia.......................... .. 1.466 K jøg e ................................ .. 1.484 Horsens.............................. .. 1.441 Randers.............................. 976 Nakskov............................ .. 2.190 Korsør................................ .. 1.352 Hobro—Mariager............. .. 1.587 Vejle.................................. .. 1.270 Svendborg . . . . “................. .. 6.537 Kolding.............................. .. 1.756 F a x e .................................. .. 1.097 Nykjøbing F....................... .. 1.103

827.000 652.000 435.000 348.000 322.000 298.000 289.000 287.000 282.000 280.000 258.000 235.000 226.000 191.000 181.000

Shipping. The Danish national song „King Christian* declares the sea to be the Danes’ way to praise and power, and from the beginning of recorded history Danish chieftains and tra- ders crossed the seas to the West, South and North, returning home with booty and mer- chandise. In the period of Absolutism commerce and shipping were carried on in conjunc- tion with the large oversea monopoly companies and merchant houses, but during the last century the shipping activities have, mainly for economical and technical reasons, gradually become .a separate trade largely carried on by joint stock companies. At present there are 106 steamship companies in Denmark, with an aggregate Capital of 182 million Kroner, and 83 sailing vessel companies with a total Capital of 9.5 million Kroner. The figures below show the development which has taken place: The net registered tonnage (British rule) of the Danish Commercial fleet:

Aggregate carrying capacity reduced to sailing vessol tonnage

Sailing vessels with auxiliary motors

Sailings vessels

Steamships

Motor vessels

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Year: 1800 63 000 - 1825 51‘.000 ■ 1850 90.000 - 1875 205.000 - 1900 147.000 - 1929 18 000

63.000

— 51.000

102.000

3.000 39.000 247.000 428.000

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— 345.000

1.036.000

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189.000 2.268.000 The characteristic feature of the development during the last 50 years has been the gradual supersedure of the sailing vessel by the steamship, and to this comes now in the course of the last 18 years the rapid growth of the motor driven fleet, which has been fa- voured by the leading position occupied by Danish industry in the field of marine motor en- gines. During the great war the Danish commercial fleet suffered heavy losses, but these.have long ago been made good, and the tonnage of the fleet at present is more than 25% greater than it was in 1914. The Danish shipowning concerns have at their disposal a fleet of good modern vessels one third of which have been built during the last five years. The Danish coastwise traffic in which some 2,2 mili. tons cargo are carried annually, is maintained with only very few exceptions by Danish vessels, half the cargo being conveyed in sailing vessels and the other half in steamships and motorships. In the maritime traffic between Denmark and foreign countries some 10.2 miil. tons of cargo was brought into Danish ports and about 2.3 miil. tons were shipped from Danish ports in the year 1928. The apparent disproportion between the forenamed figures is due to the circumstan- ces mentioned in the introduction to this Export Directory, namely that Denmark' imports raw materials and auxiliaries, and exports meliorated goods which latter in proportion to their 29.000