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T HE FREE PORT is ideally situated witli direct and easy access from the Sound, and the port is, thanks to the total absence of tide, navigable at any hour of the day. The land area amounts to 51,8 hectares, the water area to 34,2 hectares, and the buhvark length to 5126 meters. The Free Port is provided witli a most extensive railway system linking up all quays and ware­ houses witli the Danisli State Raihvays. The Free Port accomodates two Silo warehouses and a covered floor area of nearly 200,000 □ meters. The Free Port is provided witli 43 electrical cranes, 6 steam cranes, 3 grain elevators, one pneumatic grain discharge plant, and numerous goods elevators and other meclianical devices. The deptli of water is up to 9,5 meters; a new basin witli a deptli of 10 meters is now con- structed, but not yet incorporated. The adVantages of The Copenhagen Free Port witli regard to custom dues are summed up in the faet that the customs authorities in no way interfere witli the loading or discharging, repacking or transhipment of goods inside the confines of The Free Port. Goods for Danish consumption are, of course, subject to custom duties. On application, The Free Port Company Ltd. will issue to the owner of the goods ware- house warrants. \ The Copenhagen Free Port is the terminus or port\of call of a very large number of the big oversea steamship lines. \ The Copenhagen Free Port is not only the cheapestXbut also the quickest port of call in the Nortli of Europe. Transitgoods are warehoused free o f charge for about a fortnight. For all infor­ mation and rates apply to The Copenhagen Free Port Company Ltd.