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Shippings and Navigation.
The commercial marine of Hungary in 1911
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Number of vessels
Tonnage
Crews
Sea-going vessels Coasting-vessels Fishing vessels, &c. .
68 152 246
124,066 9,786
447
1,506
689 710
Total
466
134,299
2,905
Of the total number of vessels 128 of 132,483 tons were steamers, and 3' of 1,816 tons were sailing vessels.
The progress of navigation is shown as follows : —
Entered
Cleared
■«T ■
No.
24,080
Tonnage 2,444,956
■ No. 24,041
Tonnage
1907
3,440,941
1908
25,481
3,481,665
25,488
3,502,889
1909
33,248
4,348,861
33,243
4,351,671
1910
35,120
4,552,114
35,113
4,566,755
1911
37,250
4,664,645
37,210
4,651,998
At the port of Fiume alone in 1911, 25,021 vessels of 3,815,463 tons entered, and 24,981 vessels of 3,802,816 tons cleared. Of the vessels entered 134 of 260,000 tons, and of those cleared 99 of 164,295 tons, were British.
Internal Communications.
In 1911 the total length of navigable rivers and canals in Hungary was 3,087 miles, of which 1,922 miles were navigable for steamers. The river traffic of Hungary during five years was as follows : —
Year
Number of steamboats i
141 148 148 149 166
Number of passengers carried2
Goods carried in tons 2
1907 1908 1909 1910 1911
1,916,748 2,116,788 2,207,450 2,175,481 2,443,353
3,862,270 3,633,621 3,947,802 4,150,424 4,744,130
1 Exclusive the Danube Steam Navigation Company.
■- Inclusive the Hungarian traffic of the Danube Steam Navigation Company.
In 1911 the Ferencz canal, connecting the Danube and the Tisza (Theiss) was frequented by 2,696 ships and 2,429 rafts, the goods carried amounting to 312,282 metric tons. In 1911 the canal at the iron gates was frequented by 3,537 steamers, of which 2,311 with 2,199 rafts earned 557,738 metric tons Aveight of goods.
