Kraks Vejviser 1932 Handelsregister

The subjoined figures show the traffie on the largest ports in the year 1930: 228

Qoods discharged and loaded, tons 5.571.283 1.952.200 1.439.900

Arrivals

Copenhagen..................... .. 20.457 Aalborg—Nørresundby . . . .. 6.864 A arhus.............................. .. 5.169- Esbjerg.............................. .. 1.199 Odense .............................. .. 2.734 Nyborg.............................. 695 Fredericia.......................... .. 1.335 Randers.............................. .. 1.287 Kjøge ................................ . . 1.751 Horsens.............................. .. 1.673 Nakskov............................ .. 2.502 Hobro—Mariager............. .. 1.717 Kolding.............................. .. 1.920 Vejle.................................. .. 1.451 Korsør................................ . . 1.519 Kallundborg ..................... .. 1.276 Svendborg ........................ .. 7.331 Nykjøbing F....................... .. 1.369

836.800 709.900 473.600 336.600 333.400 332.000 310.000 294.800 282.400 275.300 264.900 255.300 253.000 242.800 213.700

Shipping. The Danish national song „King Christian" declåres 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 114 steamship companies in Denmark, with an aggregate Capital of 165 million Kroner, and 74 sailing vessel companies with a total Capital of 6.5 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 roduced tosailing vessel tonnage

Sailing vessels with auxiliary motors

Sailing vessols

Steamships

Motor vessels

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63.000

Year: 1800 63.000 - 1825 51-000 - 1850 90.000 - 1875 205.000 - 1900 147.000 - 1930 13.000

— 51.000 — 102.000 — 345.000 — 1.036.000

3.000 39.000 247.000 426.000

227.000 2.394.000 The characteristic feature of the development during the last 50 years has been the gradual supersession of the sailing vessel by the steamship, and to this comes now in the course of the last 19 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 years. The Danish coastwise traffie in which some 2.2 miil. tons cargo are carried annually, is maintained with few exceptions by Danish vessels, half the cargo being conveyed in sailing vessels and the other half in steamships and motorships. In the maritime traffie between Denmark and foreign countries some 11 miil. tons of cargo was brought into Danish ports and about 2.2 miil. tons were slhpped from Danish ports in the year 1929. The apparent dispi oportion between the forenamed figures is due to the circumstan- ces mentioned in the introduction to this Export Directory, narnely that Denmark imports raw materials and auxiliaries, and exports meliorated goods which latter in proportion to their •< 30.000