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6. Effects of free ports or foreign trade zones on merchant marine and 
shipping occa oo Lo ann mm mmm——a 
Immediate effects of eliminating customs formalities. ____.__._. 
Tonnage taxes wo wceic como cmmmm mee J 
Landing and delivery of cargo _ 
Port charges. «cc oeoeoonnn 
Dispatch in loading and discharging vessels. _ 
The load factor at ports of the United States. - - 
[nfluence of European free ports on their merchant marine and 
shipping... 
7. Conclusions 
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Part 2. Tae Free Ports oF EUROPE 
Copenhagen, Denmark. . 
Gothenburg, Sweden... 
Malmo, Sweden. ___. 
Stockholm, Sweden. __ 
Hango, Finland__.. 
Danzig, Free City...-. 
Bremen, Germany -.. 
Bremerhaven, Germany 
Cuxhaven, Germany - 
Emden, Germany... 
Flensburg, Germany. 
Hamburg, Germany. 
Kiel, Germany... 
Stettin, Germany. __ 
Almeria, Spain... 
Barcelona, Spain... 
Bilbao, Spain. 
Cadiz, Spain__..__._-. 
Santander, Spain... 
Vigo, Spain____. _.. i oe mm ese 
Royal Italian legislative decree No. 2395, of December 22, 1927, entitled 
“Institution of Free Ports” ___.. 
Fiume, Italy --. 
Genoa, Italy... 
Leghorn, Italy--- 
Naples, Italy. .- - 
Trieste, Italy_.- eee 
Venice, Italy _ -- JE 
Saloniki, Greece_ oem 
Sulina, Rumania... --cocrmv momeos. cmmmmmmm ome I 
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 
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Aerial view of the free port of Copenhagen... _-covcwumen nun Frontispiece 
Free port of Hamburg. Loading steel tubes by heavy lifting gantry crane. 8 
Free port of Hamburg. View in the basin of the Hamburg-American 
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Free port of Hamburg. Towing a floating crane... 9