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The Port of Copenhagen

Imports of coals, cokes, petrol, petroleum and fuel oil have been normal all the year round, while imports of building materials, as timber, bricks, chalk and cement have been somewhat smaller than during the immediately preceding years on account of the diminished building activities. For the first time in latter years the increase in the goods turnover shows a larger figure than for the increase in ton­ nage, but naturally the two figures cannot be directly com­ pared ; however it may with satisfaction be noted that the larger increase in the goods turnover, both from an employment and from an economic point of view, is of greater importance than an increase in the net reg, tonnage of the vessels enter­ ing. Such an increase in tonnage may be due to a larger traffic of foreign tourist ships or perhaps a more intense run­ ning of the small vessels that sail between the Sound ports (and the coast of Northern Zealand) during the summer season. Another aspect of the utilization of the port, namely that due to vessels calling at the port for bunkers, provisions or for repairs, fortunately also shows progress. During 1937, 1,436 such ships called at the port compared with 1,175 ships during 1936. A figure, which also is of interest when one considers the city’s shipping and the port’s status, is the number of laid-up vessels, which happily has been reduced to 20 vessels aggregating 7,155 net reg. tons (Jan. 1, 1938). The laid-up vessels are mostly reserve ships or vessels employed for summer traffic in the Sound.

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