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| Wismar
53°54'N., 11°28'E. 16,700 |
Second largest maritime port; bulk cargoes comprise about 70% of trade. Principal receipts—finished metal products, ores, grain, lumber. Principal shipments—potash, salt, sugar, iron ingots. Handled 2,171,206 tons of cargo in 1972. Much of cargo handled transferred directly between ship and RR cars. Large modern shipyard affects floating repairs to oceangoing ships; largest dry dock has lifting capacity of 8,000 long tons. Wharf improvement underway, additional planned; new potash storage shed planned. | Well-protected artificial harbor reached by dredged channel having 29½ ft. controlling depth; consists of 4 basins at head of bay. Kuhlhafen; 1,300 ft. long, 250-ft. average width, 15- to 54-ft central depths; Unrennehafen, 1,600 ft. long; 180 to 400 ft. wide; 18- to 33-ft. central depths. Alter Hafen; 2,400 ft. long, 40 to 300 ft. wide, 15- to 31-ft central depths. Wirthafen; 3,500 ft. long, 330 ft. wide, 20- to 31-ft. central depths. | Alongside—For 17 standard, 5 small ocean-type cargo vessels, 5 standard, 2 small coaster-type cargo vessels; 15 lighters, 1 small ocean-type tanker.
Fixed mooring—2 standard ocean-type cargo vessels. Anchorage—Sheltered anchorage for numerous ocean- and coaster-type cargo vessels or light or small naval vessels to Wismar Bucht. |
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