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The Port of Copenhagen

PORT EXTENSIONS DURING 1936 AND 1937 The New Oil Harbour, “ Pr 0 vestenshavnen“ Since the issue of the Port of Copenhagen Year Book for 1936 the work of constructing a large oil harbour for hand­ ling the entire Port’s turnover of inflammable fluids has made good headway (see plan page 56). The preliminary project of providing for a 46,000 square metre area (Pier 1) in con­ nection with the demolished fortress “Provestenen1 was real­ ized during 1936. The following firms have so far erected tanks on Pier I : Tankage capacity The harbour was opened to navigation during the summer of 1936 and has since then been visited by large tankers and vessels engaged in the Baltic and coastwise traffic. “Prove- stenshavnen'1 has become a centre for regular distribution, as a considerable quantity of the oil imported to the port is re-exported by sea, partly from the tanks, partly direct from the large tankers to smaller vessels, which thereafter furnish the needs of Swedish, Finnish and Danish provincial ports. In the middle of the year 1937 a further extension of “Provestenshavnen1* was decided upon by the Port Authority, viz. the construction of a Pier II with an area of about 87,000 square metres. The second stage of the work of construction formed the beginning to the already mentioned concentration of the entire turnover of inflammable fluids to this section of the Port, as it is intended that the present storage facilities in the northern section of the Port near “Skudehavnen1 gradu­ ally are to be removed to the “Provestenshavn1 with its very satisfactory navigation and storage conditions. Alfred Olsen & Co. A S ......... ........... 20,000 m:i The Texas Co. A/S.............................. 2,180 m3 Maxzoni Benzin Co. A/S.................... 1,700 m:i Dansk Tank-Import A/S..................... 3,000 m3 B. Ringsted & Co .................................. 1,210 m3

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