Port economics

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Identifikator:: 173564191X

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-111718

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Cunningham, Brysson http://d-nb.info/gnd/1055472266

Title:: Port economics

Place of publication:: London [usw.]

Publisher:: Pitman

Year of publication:: 1926

Scope:: IX, 134 S

Digitisation:: 2020

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter I. Ports and harbours

Collection:: Economics Books

PORTS AND HARBOURS goods and passengers had to be transferred from ship to shore and vice versa in small native surf boats, often at the risk of a capsizal, and frequently with the experience of a wetting. But the construction, within recent years, of a commodious harbour has obviated this dangerous procedure. There are still, however, a number of ports in such a primitive condition. On the coast of Palestine, for instance, the port of Jaffa possesses no shelter, as yet at any rate, and on many occasions ships, failing oppor- tunity to anchor in safety off the coast, proceed perforce on their journey to the next point in their itinerary.® HARBOURS We may say, then, that the first qualification of a port is an adequate degree of shelter. The idea of shelter is, perhaps, primarily and more closely associated with the term Harbour. A harbour is, undoubtedly, a place of shelter for shipping, but a harbour is not necessarily a port. A harbour of refuge, as its name signifies, affords shelter only, and does not provide any facilities for the handling of cargoes. Therefore, while ports necessarily are, or at any rate comprise, harbours, they have other features which a harbour does not possess. Before we pass on to consider these other features we will make some brief comments on harbours as a class by themselves. Harbours are either natural or artificial. A natural harbour is generally an indentation in the coast line sufficiently enclosed, or protected by its environment and topographical features, to provide a tranquil water area for shipping. Some natural harbours are of considerable Size, and are capacious enough to accommodate whole fleets of vessels. Milford Haven, for instance, can provide anchorage for an entire navy. Other expansive natural harbours are to be found at Sydney, San Francisco, Cork .' A project for the creation of an enclosed harbour at Jaffa is in hand. a

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