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ESBJERG HARBOUR situated on the West Coast of Jutland and protected by the Island of Fanoe, is the largest agricultural export outlei and fishing port in Denmark. The entrance to Esbjerg is through the Graadyb fairway — between the peninsula Skallingen and the islånd of Fanoe-marked by lights and buoys.

The harbour dues are very moderate.

Vessels calling at the port for bunkering incur no harbour dues when the stay does not exceed more than two dags. The depth of water in the fairway leading to the port is 26 ft., depth in the traffickable harbour up to 29 ft., and in the fishing harbour 19 ft., at high water. The difference daily between ebb and flood is 4 ft. On the quays are suitably situated warehouses, silos, pneumatic grain elevators, oil depots, electric coal cranes, and cranes capable of lifting up to 15 tons.

There'are also sevéral slipways ta king vessels of up to 500 tonsD.W

i Daily connexion(Sundaysexcep- ted) with Harwich, and fast regular " " services are mairitained with Grims- •by, London, Antwerp, Dunkirk and Hamburg. The distance Dover-Esbjerg is 20 miles shorter than Dover-Ham- - burg.