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| Name; Location; Estimated Military Port Capacity | Activities | Harbor | Berths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gavle
60°41'N., 17°10'E. 26,500 |
Ranks fifth in maritime traffic; serves one of largest and richest industrial areas. Principal shipments - ore, wood products, paper, paper pulp, iron goods. Principal receipts - POL, coal and coke, iron goods, clays, cement. | Natural, well-sheltered estuarial harbor comprising mouth of Oavlean (river) and head of Gavlebukten (bay). Water area. 850 acres; depths, 13 to 34 ft.; 12 miles from open waters of Gulf of Bothnia.
Fairway limitations - N. approach channel about 5 miles long; dredged depth, 26 flat; minimum width, 200 ft,; S. approach channel about 5 miles long; narrow; controlling depth, 14½ ft. |
Alongside - For 6 standard, 6 small ocean-type cargo vessels; 2 standard, 65 small coaster-type cargo vessels; 17 lighters; 1 large, 1 standard ocean-type tanker; 1 standard coaster-type tanker.
Anchorage for large number of vessels in outer harbor; well sheltered in depths of 30 to 50 ft. over good holding ground of mud and clay. |
| Goteborg
57°42'N., 11°57'E. 78,000 |
Largest Swedish port. Scandinavian center for containerized cargo (Figure 5); handles general cargo, POL, grain, coal, lumber, passengers. Principal Swedish shipbuilding center; 4 large yards; 4 graving docks, largest 1,253 ft. long; 11 shipbuilding ways, largest 700 ft. long; 7 floating dry-docks, lifting capacity of largest, 30,000 tons. | Improved river harbor consisting of outer harbor with 1 basin and inner harbor comprising 7-mile stretch of Gotaalv with 6 tidal basins. Good natural protection.
Fairway limitations - Approach from Kattegat (start) to Vinga (island) free and clear; Vinga to Knippelholmen channel 8 miles long; controlling depth, 49 ft. Knippelholmen to entrance to Gotaalv channel 2 miles long; controlling depth, 40 ft. Channel in Gotaalv; controlling depth, 33 ft. to Stigberg Quay, 31 ft. to Free Port Basin, 19 ft. to head of harbor. Least width of channels, 600 ft. Alvsborg Bridge just inside Gotaalv has 148-ft. vertical clearance; Hisingbron, draw bridge near head of Gotaalv, has 57-ft. horizontal clearance through draw span. Channel to Tarshamn Petroleum Terminal; controlling depth, 68 ft. for tankers up to 250,000 d.w.t. Depths leading to berths exceed depths in berths. |
Alongside - For 15 large, 39 standard and, 39 small ocean-type cargo vessels; 24 standard, 38 small coaster-type cargo vessels; 40 lighters; 9 large, 6 standard, 1 small ocean-type tankers; 5 standard coaster-type tankers; 3 tank barges; 11 medium (SS, MSO, MSC), 20 small (PT) naval vessels.
Fixed mooring - For 1 large, 4 standard, 1 small ocean-type cargo vessels. Anchorage - For large numbers of all sizes of vessels in W. and S. approaches to Goteborg in depths of 24 to 96 ft. over good holding ground of clay; fair protection except from WSW. |
| Halmstad
56°40'N., 12°51'E. 12,100 |
Major industry of power is handling lumber. Principal receipts - coal, coke, chemicals, machinery, pig iron, cement. Principal shipments - lumber and wood products, flour, steel goods. Shipyard has 2 marine railways; slip 1 has hauling capacity of 500 tons; slip 2, 1,000 tons. | Consists of 1¼-mile breakwater-protected section of the Nissan; includes 2 basins, a new POL basin E. of river entrance and second a ferry-turning basin on W. side of entrance; general depths of 21 to 26 ft.
Fairway limitations - Approach from Kattegat to Halmstad free and clear; dredged channel about ½ mile long, 180 feet wide; controlling depth 20 ft. |
Alongside - For 6 standard and 5 small ocean-type cargo vessels, 3 lighters; 17 small coaster-type, 2 small ocean-type tankers.
Anchorage - None in harbor except for small craft; exposed S. through W. anchorage in open roadstead provides large number of berths for vessels of all sizes in Laholmebukten in depths of 22½ to 36 ft., sand over clay bottom, good holding ground. |
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