Kraks vejviser 1929 Handelsregister

220 The subjoined figures show the traffic on the largest ports in the year 1927:

Goods discharged and lo&ded, tons 5.497.000 1.813.000 1.308.000

Arrivals .. 18.648

Copenhagen ....................... Aalborg—Nørresundby . . . .. 6.443 A a rhus.............................. .. 4.611 Esbjerg.............................. 982 Odense .............................. .. 2.246 Nyborg.............................. 706 Randers.............................. .. 1.082 Fredericia.......................... .. 1.488 Kjøge ................................ .. 1.761 Horsens.............................. .. 1.532 Korsør................................ .. 1.645 Nakskov............................ .. 2.135 Kolding.............................. .. 2.059 Svendborg ......................... .. 4.604 Vejle.................................. .. 1.211 Sønderborg........................ .. 4.015 Nykjøbing F....................... .. 1.383

658.000 648.000 419.000 312.000 305.000 296.000 286.000 284.000 283.000 265.000 256.000 249.000 210.000 209.000

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 184 million Kroner, and 87 sailing vessel companies with a total Capital of 11 million Kroner. The figures below show the development which has taken place: The net registered tonnage (British rule) of the Danish Commercial fleet:

Aggrogate carrying capacity reduced to sailing vessel tonnage

Sailing vessels with auxiliary motors

Motor vessels

Steamships

Sailings vessels

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Year: 1800 63.000 - 1825 51.000 - 1850 90.000 - 1875 205.000 - 1900 147.000 - 1925 35.000

63.000

— 51.000 — 102.000 — 345.000 — 1.036.000

3.000 39.000 247.000 494.000

118.000 2.270.000 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 16 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°/0greater 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 mili. tons cargo are carried annually, is maintained with o'nly very few exceptions by Danish vessels, half the cargo being conveyed in sailing vessels and the other half in steamships and motor ships. In the maritime traffic between Denmark and foreign countries some 9 miil. tons of cargo was brought into Danish ports and about 1.8 mili. tons were shipped from Danish ports in the year 1927. The apparent disproportion between the forenamed figures is due to the circumstan- ces mentioned in tlje introduction to this Export Directory, namely that Denmark imports raw materials and auxiliaries, and exports meliorated goods which latter in proportion to their 32.000