J 1 $l FREE PORT OF SULINA 299 Shipbuilding and ship repair in free zone.—There are no ship- building yards in Sulina. The European commission of the Danube have their own workshops and are able to effect repairs to their dredgers and other floating craft belonging to them. They also assist local workshops in carrying. out repairs to steamers. Influence of free port on the development of foreign trade, merchant marine.—The free port of Sulina is entirely a local privilege and has no influence whatsoever on the development of foreign trade and merchant marine.