kraks vejviser 1933 handelsvejviser

218 The subjoined figures show the traffic on the largest ports in the year 1931: Arrivals Goods discharged and loaded, tons

• 5.676.064

Copenhagen ....................... .. 22.497 Aarhus................................. .. 5.223 Aalborg—Nørresundby ... .. 6.273 Esbjerg............................... .. 1.258 Odense............................... .. 2.583 Randers............................... ,.. 1.238 Kjøge ................................. .. 1.720 Horsens............................... ... 1.494 Korsør................................. .. 1.482 Kolding............................... .. 1.850 Fredericia............................ .. 1.187 Nakskov.............................. .. 2.339 Kallun db org ..................... .. 1.508 Vejle................................... .. 1.184 Svendborg .......................... .. 4.925 Hobro—Mariager............... ... 1.389 Nykjøbing F...................... ... 1.102 Nyborg............................... 671

1.585.000 1.578.900 941.800 774.900 453.400 385.200 325.400 317.700 281.300 281.100 279.100 277.100 272.000 270.200 239.000 229.300 195.800

Shipping. From the beginning of recorded history Danish chieftains and traders cros- sed 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 11Q steamship companies in Denmark, with an aggregate Capital of 164 million Kroner, and 70 sailing vessel companies with a total Capital of 6 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

Motor vessels

Steamships

Sailing vessels

63.000 51.000 102.000

Year: 1800 63.000 - 1825 51.000 - 1850 90-000 - 1875 205.000 - 1900 147.000 - 1931 10.000

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3.000 39.000 247.000 426.000

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— 345.000

1.036.000

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255.000 2.494.000 The characteristic feature of the development during the last 50 years has been gradual supersession of the sailing vessel by the steamship, and to this comes now in the course of the last 20 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°/ 0 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 traffic in which some 2.4 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 traffic between Denmark and foreign countries some 11 mili. tons of cargo was brought into Danish ports and about 2 mili. tons we.re shipped from Danish ports in the year 1930. The apparent disproportion between the forenained 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 32.000