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because of more favorable conditions, are likely to harm similar 
activities in the domestic market or are of a nature to cause danger or 
inconvenience to the establishments or goods stored there. 
Goods which, according to regulations in force, for the prevention 
of infectious human or animal diseases, are subject to certain protec- 
tive provisions or which are entirely prohibited importation into the 
country, are also prohibited to be imported into the free port or, as 
the case may be, are subject to the same protective measures as 
prescribed in the eustoms harbor. 
Dispatch secured in unloading vessels, equipment, etc.—QOwing to the 
fact, that vessels calling at the free port from foreign ports, are not 
subject to customs examination, thus permitting loading or unloading 
to be begun immediately after the arrival of the vessel and allowing, 
after landing, prompt disposition of the goods by the proper consignee, 
quicker dispatch can be obtained for both vessel and goods than in 
the customs harbor. In addition, the free harbor is provided with 
the most modern equipment for the loading and unloading of goods 
and with other arrangements to facilitate the work, for instance, 
hoists in warehouses, weighing machines for wholesale quantities, 
ete., all of which contribute to quicker dispatch in the free harbor than 
in the customs harbor. 
The free port is equipped with nine traveling cranes of from 2¥% to 
5 tons capacity worked by electricity. Of these cranes six of 2% tons 
are situated on the quay in front of and east of the warehouse. They 
are fitted with adjustable jibs. By means of these cranes goods can 
be discharged direct from the vessel to any of the floors or the base- 
ment of the warehouse. The other three cranes, each of 3 to 5 tons 
capacity, are erected on the quay west of the warehouse and are 
constructed for discharging cargo with or without automatic grabs. 
Reconsignment and transshipment trade—The free harbor is still in 
an early stage of development and neither the transshipment nor 
reconsignment trade has yet reached notable proportions. According 
to the director of the free port company, the traffic of this kind hitherto 
practiced has not been of a regular character, and therefore statements 
relative to country of origin and distribution would be of no 
importance. 
He adds that when the economic situation among the Baltic States 
and Russia has become more stabilized it may be expected that the 
free harbor of Malmo will be made use ofrto a much greater extent 
as a storage and transshipment port. 
Shipbuilding, ship repair, and manufacturing in free zone.~—~Neither 
shipbuilding, ship repair, or manufacturing is carried on in the free 
zone, although such activities exist in the neighboring customs harbor. 
Influence of free port on the development of foreign trade and of the 
merchant marine,—Partly because of the reasons previously men-