168 FOREIGN TRADE ZONES

both politically and commercially, and such is its status to-day.
It is now used chiefly as a port of distress, a fishing port, and a landing
station for the Hamburg-American Line passenger vessels, passengers
being transported by special trains from Cuxhaven to Hamburg,
thus saving them the 65 mile trip up the river by boat.
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Dimensions and area of free zones—The free port is very small,
comprising only 207.8 acres. * * *
Terminals and berthing space.—The free port has only 600 meters
of quay length, though vessels can be anchored in the free port area.
There are only eight cranes in the free port.
Warehouses, number and capacity. — There are only two sheds in the
free port, having an area of 3,915 square meters (42,141 square feet)
One of these sheds is used for the fish trade.
Rail and highway connections.—Cuxhaven has good railway connections
 with the German railway system and is also connected by
good automobile roads with Hamburg.
How controlled and operated.—The Cuxhaven free harbor is under
the administration of the Hamburg free port officials.
Guards. —There are no special guards kept in the free harbor and
it is policed by the ordinary Cuxhaven city police. A high fence is
built around the entire harbor and is controlled by the customs
officials.
Annual cost of administration.—Cost of administration is unobtainable,
 as it is really included in the Hamburg free port administration
costs.
Operations permitted and prohibited, dispatch in unloading, and
reconsignment and transshipment trade.—Operations permitted and
prohibited in the free zone at Cuxhaven are theoretically the same as
those permitted in the free port at Hamburg, though the Cuxhaven
establishment is so small and insignificant that its functions are
almost negligible. Regarding the dispatch with which vessels are
unloaded, reconsignment trade, and transshipment trade, inquiries
from officials and others elicited almost no replies, except that, 88
the free harbor activities were almost nonexistent, no details oF
figures could be given, except that transshipments during 1927 totaled
27,322 metric tons.
Manufacturing and shipbuilding in free zone.—There is no mani”
facturing in the free zone. No shipbuilding or repairing facilities
are established in this area, all sich activities being centered at
Hamburg.
Influence of free port on the development of foreign trade and of the
merchant marine—The operation of the free port at Cuxhaven has
no effect whatsoever on the development of foreign trade or of the
German merchant marine.

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