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| Halsingborg
56°03'N., 12°42'E. 22,000 |
Sweden's third most active seaport after Goteborg and Stockholm. Principal receipts - foodstuffs, refined POL products, chemicals, metals, grains, fertilizers, motor vehicles, coal. Principal shipments - foodstuffs, chemicals, rubber products, wood, paper, glass and glassware, machinery, motor vehicles. 1 medium, 3 small shipyards; 1 end-launching shipbuilding way 330 ft. long; 2 graving docks, lengths on floor 367 and 289 ft. Small shipyards in harbor at Ras builds wooden-hulled fishing and pleasure craft and coasters; 1 slipway and 2 marine railways, hauling capacities up to 850 tons; yards in poor condition. | Artificial harbor consisting of 4 breakwater-protected divisions extending 4 miles along shore of The Sound; total water area; 173 acres; general depths, 16 to 36 ft.
Fairway limitations - Approach through The Sound deep and unobstructed; controlling entrance widths to 4 breakwater-protected divisions, 295, 350, 260, 80 ft.; controlling entrance depths, 33, 39, 34, 16 ft.; depths leading to berths exceed or equal depths in berths. |
Alongside - For 6 large, 17 standard, 5 small ocean-type cargo vessels; 1 standard, 21 small coaster-type cargo vessels; 14 lighters, 2 large, 1 small ocean-type tankers.
Anchorage - For large numbers of vessels of all sizes in roadstead of Ras harbor in depths 42 to 58 ft., over clay bottom, protected from channel currents in SW. swells, and in Halsingborg roadstead ½ mile SW. of Norrshammen (North Harbor), depths 42 to 96 ft., over good holding ground, open to channel currents and swells. |
| Kalmar
56°40'N., 16°22'E. 15,000 |
Area served by port is agricultural and highly developed industrially. Principal shipments - lumber, wood pulp, paper, grain, flour, matches. Principal receipts - coal, coke, POL, machinery, chemicals. 1 shipyard (Kalmar Shipyard) builds coaster-type vessels up to 3,000 d.w.t.; 2 end-launching shipbuilding ways; 1 floating drydock, lifting capacity of 3,000 d.w.t.; 1 marine railway, hauling capacity of 800 tons. | Well-protected artificial harbor on W. shore of Kalmarsund consisting of inner harbor having water area of about 80 acres and depths of 11 to 21 ft., and outer harbor having depth of 26 ft.
Fairway limitations - Approach to Kalmar in through Kalmarsund from N. or S.; controlling depth through strait is 26 ft. and minimum width of fairway is 260 ft. Entrance channel to inner harbor, which branches off main fairway, is 1,500 ft. long, 150 ft. wide, 21½ ft. feet; depths leading to berths in inner harbor exceed depths in berths. |
Alongside - For 12 small ocean-type cargo vessels; 4 standard, 17 small coaster-type cargo vessels; 20 lighters; 1 small ocean-type tanker.
Anchorage - For large numbers of vessels of all sizes in roadstead NE. of harbor or SE. of Grimskar (island), both well protected in depths of 24 to 36 ft., clay bottom. |
| Karlshamn
56°10'N., 14°51'E. 8,200 |
Important industries: vegetable-oil and concentrated-food factory, granite quarry. Principal shipments - lumber, granite, vegetable oils. Principal receipts - corn, cotton, copper, cement, copra, soybeans, POL. | Well-protected natural harbor consisting of water area of about 60 acres having depths of 13 to 36 ft.
Fairway limitations - Dredged channel from outer harbor has least width of 200 ft., controlling depth of 36 ft. |
Alongside - For 12 small ocean-type cargo vessels; 4 standard, 17 small coaster-type cargo vessels, 20 lighters, 1 small ocean-type tanker.
Anchorage - For large numbers of vessels of all sizes in outer harbor in depths of 26 to 40 ft., well sheltered, over good holding ground of mud and clay. |
| Karlskrona
56°10'N., 15°36'E. 9,000 |
Important naval base; numerous industries. Principal shipments - lumber, fish, paper pulp. Principal imports - coal, coke, oil, clay, fertilizer, cement, grain. 1 large shipyard (Karlskronavarvet AB) builds and repairs general-cargo ships and special vessels but specializes in building, repairing, converting naval vessels; 1 side-haul marine railway with hauling capacity of 200 tons; 7 graving docks, largest 600 ft. Has principal naval operating base. | Well-protected natural harbor; facilities located on several islands surrounding city of Karlskrona. Harbor has general depths of 7 to 29 ft.
Fairway limitations - Channel from Kungeholmen to harbor entrance about 3 miles long, 500 ft. wide, 65 ft. deep; dredged approach channel to wharves 1 mile long, 300 ft. wide, has controlling depth of 26 ft. |
Alongside - For 2 standard, 6 small ocean-type cargo vessels; 5 standard, 4 small coaster-type cargo vessels; 4 lighters; 1 standard coaster-type tanker; 5 medium-size (DL, DE) naval vessels.
Anchorage - For large numbers of vessels of all sizes to depths of 45 to 78 ft. in outer roadstead; well sheltered over good holding ground of mud and clay. |
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