284 FOREIGN TRADE ZONES 
Manufacturing in the Greek free zone.—The statutes of the Greek 
free zone provide for the operation of industrial enterprises within the 
zone. However, as the area occupied by the free zone at the present 
time is not of sufficient dimensions to permit the installation of 
factories, no manufacturing is allowed. 
The question of permitting manufacturing in the Greek free zone 
will be examined by the administration in the near future in con- 
junction with its plans for the extension of the zone. 
Proposed tobacco manipulation.—The plans also include the con- 
struction of warehouses for the purpose of manipulating and handling 
of tobacco as it is anticipated that an important trade in tobaccos 
from near-by countries will be concentrated at Saloniki. The free- 
zone administration is of the opinion that besides the technical 
facilities available at the port of Saloniki for manipulating tobacco, 
it presents, on account of its geographical position, all the advantages 
for a transit trade in this commodity. 
DISPATCH SECURED IN UNLOADING VESSELS ’ 
The dispatch secured in unloading vessels in the Greek free zone 
at Saloniki is relatively fast when the present limited accommodation 
and methods employed at this port are taken into consideration. 
For lack of space no vessels carrying foreign cargo are allowed to 
moor alongside the only quay available at the present time. Vessels 
are moored in the free zone with stern to quay and are unloaded into 
lighters, the ship’s tackle being employed for all operations. Fifteen 
vessels can be unloaded simultaneously. Lighters and labor are 
available in abundance and no unnecessary delay need be occasioned 
through a lack of these factors. However, the port lacks modern 
dock devices for handling merchandise. 
The entire crane equipment of the port of Saloniki (Greek free 
zone) consists of one 15-ton crane; two 5-ton cranes; and five 2-ton 
cranes operated by steam. 
Shipbuilding and ship repairs—There are no shipbuilding or ship- 
repairing facilities in the Greek free zone. The limited area available 
does not permit of such operations. 
TRAFFIC OF THE GREEK FREE ZONE 
Under the regulations of the Greek free zone all vessels arriving in 
the port of Saloniki are required to deposit their manifest with the 
Greek free zone and to land their cargoes in this zone, irrespective of 
the ultimate destination of the merchandise. Under this regulation 
all the merchandise imported into Saloniki the bulk of which is des- 
tined for consumption in Saloniki and other parts of Greece is entered 
in the Greek free zone.