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944 XII. SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION OF SWEDEN.
Table 140. The Swedish Commercial Navy, in 1901.
Groups of tonnage.
Home-ports.
Steam vessels.
Nam- Hone-
be,. Tonnage. power-
Sailing vessels.
Num _
ber. Tonnage.
Total.
[-Number.-]
{+Num-
ber.+}
Reduced
Tonnage, tonnage >.
A) firoapt. I I
Of 20-60 tons................184 6,227 4,602 724 25,584 906 31,8111 44,83
» 50—100 » ..................133 9,720 4,376 637 44,350 770 54,0701 73,5191
» 100-200 >..................225 29,724 9,744 3G8 44,769 533 74,493 133,Ml
» 200-300 »................81 19,718 7,033 239 60,280 320 79,998! 119,434
. 300-400 »..................50 17,147 3,917 115 39,375 165 56,522 j »9.811,
» 400-500 •..................41 18,443 3,923 59 26,539 100 44,9821 81.898!
. 500-700 »..................46 27,533 5,291 46 27,654 92 55,187 119,25J
. 700-1,000»..................86 72,161 11,634 24 20,205 110 92,366 ! 231,188
» 1,000-2,000» ..................89 117,123 17,447 8 9,833 97 126,966 39IJ92!
» 2,000 tons and above 8 23,826 2,595 — — 8 23,8261 71,478
Total 043 341,122 70,162 j 2,16* 208,389 3,103 640,211 > 1,323,455
B) Hoae-porti.
Bothnian Gulf........................154 39,439 9,473 61 17,611 215 57,050 135,18
Baltic Sea ..................................317 108,724 23,842 1,152 158,839 1,469 267,563 485.911
West-coast ................................323 177,748 33,117 703 109,362 1,026! 287,110 »42,69»
Other ports’..............................149 15,711 4,130 244 12,777 393 28,488 59,911:
Total 943 341,622 70,562 2,160 298,589 3,103 640,211 1,323,4SJ
C) Prlaelpal home port*.
Gothenburg..................................195 101,400 18,579 52 19,088 247 120,4881 323,288
Stockholm....................................177 74,796 16,005 41 5,262 218 80,0581 229,959
Helsingborg..................................46 46,448 7,782 60 13,906 106 60,3541 153,259
Gefle....................................................27 14,929 2,382 16 6,830 43 21,759 51,917
Malmö..............................................16 8,974 2,148 26 10,185 42 19,159 37,197
Hernösand....................................14 6,132 1,194 5 2,343 19 8,475 20,739
Sölvesborg....................................8 6,276 988 8 1,363 16 7,639 29,191
been reduced of låte. This is principally due to the development of
the steam fleet and the building of stronger vessels, some of which are
especially constructed for winter traffic. Our most important towns have
provided themselves with ice-breakers.
Concerning Swedish ports and docks, canals, and fairways, some
informations are given under special headings in the following.
Shipping between Sweden and foreign countries.
The extent of Swedish foreign shipping, i. e., the number and tonnage
of vessels having left Sweden for foreign ports or arrived in Sweden
from foreign ports, is shown in Table 141 for the period after 1875.
The medium for the years 1876/80, of the whole tonnage for such vessels
entered and cleared out, amounted to 6 43 million tons. In 1901, 16s:
million tons had been reached.
On the whole, the shipping on Swedish ports is, in proportion to
the population of the country, extremely great. At a medium for the
1 The tonnage of the sailing vessels + 3 times that of the steam vessels; cf. Table 133
— s On the inland lakes.
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