Helsingborg - An Important Industrial and Port City in Sweden

The Port of Helsingborg this afternoon, seen from the north.

Helsingborg, located at the narrowest point of the strait of Öresund, is an important industrial and  port city in southern Sweden. The Port of Helsingborg is Sweden's second largest container port.

Ships in the ports of Åhus and Karlshamn

Åhus and Karlshamn are two small ports close to each other on the south-eastern coast of Sweden. The pictures below were shot in on Monday, August12.

Ships in the port of Åhus. On the left the general cargo ship Arslan 1 (85 m x 12 m),
then an unidentified smaller ship, then the 72 m x 11 m general cargo ship Ilka, and to to right
the container ship Conger (101 m x 18 m).

A Danish yacht and two cargo ships in the port of Karlshamn. On the left the
bulk carrier Sternö, and on the right cargo ship Listerhav (88 m x 15 m).

The Dutch cargo ship Hekla (87 m x 11 m) in the port of Karlshamn.

Structures in the Port of Helsingborg

Structures in the Port of Helsingborg. (April 5, 2013.) 

The white cliffs of Dover will remain British

On this blog, I seldom comment on topical issues. However, today I make an exception. The Guardian reports about a historic victory for the inhabitants of Dover:

Dame Vera Lynn can relax. The white cliffs of Dover, the most famous symbol of Britain's indomitable wartime spirit, have been saved from the prospect of falling under French control.

The Port of Dover, which has sat at the foot of the cliffs since 1606, will remain forever England after the government scrapped plans to sell it off to the highest bidder – rumoured to be the local authority of Calais.

On Thursday thetransport minister Simon Burns bowed to public pressure and withdrew Dover from the auction, saving Europe's busiest passenger port – which handles 13 million passengers and 5m vehicles, including lorries carrying £50bn of goods a year – for the nation.

This well known tune is probably once again quite popular in the pubs of Dover:

Four busy port cities in the late 19th century

New York was a buzzling port city already in the early 1890s:

Drawing by Berteault, based on a lithograph by Currier and Yves.

Istambul - or Constantinople as it was then called - was another major international port city in the end of the 19th century:

Etching by Ruffe, based on a painting by Weber.

The port of Stockholm was one of the busiest in Scandinavia already before the 20th century:

Based on a drawing by Boudier.

The port of Calcutta in the early 1890s:

Etching by Bazin based on a drawing by Jouas.

Ports in the late 1890s

Harbours were busy in the 1890s too, although a lot more physical work was required compared with the highly automated ports of today ...

The port of Hamburg in the 1890s

The small port of Kotka in the Gulf of Finland (late 19th century). 

Istanbul was another busy port city in the 1890s

Asian ports were full of ships already in the end of the 19th century. This is  photo  shows  the city  and port of  Yokohama.

The Brooklyn bridge was a familiar sight for many a sailor visiting the port of  New York.

Strong men were needed for loading and unloading. This photo shows harbour  workers  in the  Finnish port of Hanko in  the 1880s. 

Harbour workers in the port of Auckland in the 1890s.

In the early 1920s steamships and ocean liners already totally dominated the port of New York.

The port of New Orleans in the early 1920s

Quebec was a modern port city already in the 1920s.