Foreign trade zones (or free ports)

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Identifikator:: 1801857903

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-199077

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Foreign trade zones (or free ports)

Place of publication:: Washington

Publisher:: United States Government Printing Off.

Year of publication:: 1929

Scope:: IX, 322 S; Ill., graph. Darst

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part 2. The free ports of Europe

Collection:: Economics Books

174 FOREIGN TRADE ZONES Rail and highway connections.—Both free harbors are connected with the Reichsbahn (railroad), which owns and operates all the railway facilities in the harbor. Access to the free harbors is not good, as they are about 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) distant from the city and are connected with it only by one road and a railroad line. 4 street car line also connects the city with the free harbors, Administration.—The management of the free harbors, as well as the other harbors, of Emden is in the hands of the Preussische Wasserbauamt Emden. The quays, sheds, etc., and the necessary equipment, as well as the storage space, are rented to private under- takings. The free harbor accommodations are rented at present to: 1. Emder Verkehrsgesellschaft A. G. (a branch of the Hamburg- American Line, Hamburg) has rented shed No. 3 on the left side of the Aussenhafen and the necessary equipment. 2. Hafenumschlaggesellschaft m. b. H. (Harbor Reloading Co., (Inc.)), an undertaking in which the Prussian State as well as the city of Emden is interested, rents shed No. 2 on the left side of the Aussen- hafen. This shed was converted for the storage of grain, and one traveling crane, adapted for use as a grain elevator, has been stationed here. This company has also rented the 12 loading bridges in the Neuer Binnenhafen, whereas the firm Fisser & v. Doornum has rented the other loading bridge in the Neuer Binnenhafen for the transfer of coal. At the end of the left bank of the Aussenhafen there are other bunker-coal firms, which have rented storage space there for bunker coals. Further the Deutsch-Amerikanische Petroleum Gesellschaft has three oil tanks there. The port as part of the waterways is under the port regulations. These contain the regulations of the traffic police, which protect the harbor from dangerous or impracticable uses being made of it by vessels. The harbor master superintends the carrying out of the regulations, and his subordinate officials render the necessary assist ance in making fast. Because of the expenditures which are required for the improvement of the harbors, port dues are charged, which are collected by the harbor office of the Wasserbauamt. The port as part of the railway is served by the German National Railroad, which is the proprietor of and manages the railway in its own name, Since the docks are provided with modern equipment, cranes gangways, lifting gear, etc., their operation requires trained gangs and their upkeep special expenditures. Payment therefor is collected from the various private firms which rent the docks. Contrary t© the practice in the port of Bremen, the ships’ work (discharging and loading) as well as shore work (transshipment of the goods into the sheds and into the railroad cars) is executed by the various private

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