Kraks vejviser 1927 Handelsregister

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^TRHE PORT OF COPENHAGEN, situated at the entrance to the Baltic, offersJexcep- tional facilities for all transit and transshipping trade on the Baltic. The harbour dues, which are very moderate, are assessed on the net register tonnage — valid for one month’s stay in the port — and on the quantity of goods loaded or discharged. No other charges, such as fees to the State, light dues, etc. are levied for the use of the port. Ships which call on the port with the sole object of taking in coal or oil for the use of the slup, provisions, or for orders, do not pay any dues when the vessel does not remain more than four days The depth of water in the entrance to the harbour and in one of the basins is 10 meters. In the Free Port up to 9,5 meters and in the Custom Harbour up to 8,1 meters (26 ft. 6 in.). No tide. Inside the harbour there are bonded warehouses, coaling depots with modern cranes and tanks with fuel oil. Steamship lines are running to all principal ports in the Baltic, the North Sea, the Mediterranean and to transatlantic ports of the United States, East Asia, Australia, South America and South Africa. Five graving docks, max. length 158 m. Five floating docks, max. capacity 13.600 tons.