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SUMMARY
Inuring the base period of April-September 1952, which van seleatod.
because of its relative completeness of information, ships of 13ritish
regintry aaaounteea for more than half the reported tonnage entering the
South China Sea ports under study. Ships of Panamanian registry ranked
second and those of Chinese Communist registry vero third, Hoaevor, it
is obvious that not all shipping dtta is available. Small coastal ves-
.eels have not been reported and certain larger vessels. of specific rug-
intries, seem also to be missing, For example, ships of Russian registry
are not listed in these ports -Ttf ter the month of April.
Data on physical facilities show that there are only a fey ports on
the South China Sea - those between Shanghai and Canton -- that may be con-
sidered as major ports. These are Shxnnghaai, Shih-p?u, Wenchoa, Foochow,
Amoy, Find Swatow.
The base period selected for this study of port facilitiles and ship-
ping records of certain Chinese ports vas April-September 19$2. Material
for all the ports re'3uec+ted was not available. On some ports for which
there was information it was found that data was missing for parts of the
months of June, July, August, sand September. This unavailable material
covers short periods totaling about six, weeks. However, there appears to
be sufficient evidence to develop a trend.
Ships be; ring British registry account for more than half of the re-
ported. tonnage entering the ports under study; ships with Panamanian 'a.?eeg-
istry ranked second and those of Chinese Communist registry third. I{s
should be noted, however, that the beneficial owners for most of the ships
were Chine,ae with Communist sympathies, either in Hong Kong or on the
mainland. (Lists of beneficial oovers are carried in the monthly Oifl re-
with iov, t
ports on No n-Comnmnist Re stared Merchant Shiaeain&J!radinr;
Bloc I In The 8 1uaq t,
There are two types of information that.are not available. The first
is the movement of many small co'-vital and fishing vessels, generally under
100 tons, that move up and down the coast. The second is the nuovemeni% of
ships of certain nationalities into the port of Shanghai. In connection,
with the' latter it is to be noted that no Russian vessels are reported
after the month of April. This omission seems highly suspicious in view of
the fact that most of the base period is during the time when the. Sibcarian
port of Vladivostok is completely ice-free. Certain other information,
such as the movement of Thai ships to the port of Saatow, an noted in
Appendix R. is also unobtainable.
In Appendix A we are including data on the physical facilities of the
twenty-two ports under study. This data covers unloading capacities, rail
links, extent of available repair facilities, and the channel depth of these
ports when such data was obtai'acwble. Also included are statements retard-
ing the economic importance of the ports and the total reported tonnage for
the base period.
Appendix B gives a port-by-port listing of vessels entering the port,
their registryo tonnage, and approximate date of arrival or departure? Each
chart also contains a summary of the tonnage by registry. Whei,_the term
"exact date unknown" is used, it means that the vessel is known`'to -have
been trading in the port daring the period, indicated. Because of-the,.. sizes
of the list for the port of Shanghai, it has been necessary to divide the
list by months with an over-All summary added to the September charts
Appendix C given a list of typical cargoes carried by some of the
ships entering the ports. Cargoes of many.vessels are unknown, It to also
known that many ships carry only ballast upon arrival or departureb
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to prepare a survey of Chine ie ports on the
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South China Sea extending from Shanghai to Swatow, This survey, aimed
at determining the economic importance of these ports, includes data
on the physical facilities of the ports and the ' nature of shipping
using the ports.
SCQPE.AND T ...TATT.QNS
Data on the physical facilities of the ports has been taken fros4
NIS studies and Naval flydrographLic Office publication. Shipping
info oration has been drawn frommQNI and State Department publications,
Fay the latter a base period of April-September 1952 was used, L3ml..
tationa within this period are explained in the text,
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FACILIT E'S OF SELECTED CHINESE PORTS
AND THEIR ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE
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Econom c n c2
(ms reported
?ee #MMd 211
Shanghai
Hangchoi
Lungshan
Cheing...
ehiang..tu
30,000 to 35,000 long tons un..
loading capacity. Vessels
drawing 31 ft. can enter the
port? Important rail center
Acceaible.only to vessels not
drawing more than three fret.
Limited unloading capacity.
Rail connections exist,
No estimate available on to
loading capacity:but considered
to be only a minor port. No
rail connections to pert.
About 450 long tons unloading
capacity. No rail connections
to the port.
At least 750 long tons unload.,
ing capacity, No rail connee.
tions to the port.
Unloading capacity is at least
300 long tons. The harbor,
which extends about 4 miles
southwestward and three miles
westwards is landlocked and
affords excellent protection
in this typkelt area.
Vessels drawing up to 300 ft,
can anchor here? There are
no rail connectional to the port
No rail connections to this
port. Estimates on unloading
capacities are unavailable.
At leapt 450 long tons unload:.
ing capacity. Veaaolo drawing
about 18 ft. can enter the
harbor? No rail connections
to the! port,
Unloading capacity is about
450 long tons. Vessels drawing
up to 15 feet can enter the
Wu Kiang and proceed to the
port;, There are. no rail con.
nectiona leading to the port.
Appr
Most important comnerciels 1 471,682
finaxic3al and manufacturing
center in China. It is the
principal center for trans.
for and distribution of ccm.
modities for East and Central.
China. Main industries are
chipyarda, flour miles# teatm
those, machine chops,,
foundries, and tobacco fac.?
toriea,, 1940 population was
4000000000
More important politically
than commercially; large
portion of products brought
to the city are transshipped
by rail and canal to
Shanghai. Population as of
1937 - ?309000.
This port in of. little ooo i..
omic importance.
Fishing center
.4ishing ConWr,
.
Besides being an excellent
anchorage this port is imy.
portent because of constant
steamer cormaunication with
Shanghais, Ilenchow, N;f ugpoa
and Taiohow.
Groff TonEgeo
A'Dra-SeDt
n,sa. (sea
list by ports,
I4inor Importance. Popula?.
tion is about 20aOOO.
Regular steamer service in
maintained with Shanghai,
n,a.
(aie0 list by
ports)
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Ewe =Og- 1-/
Jui-an
:U.ao??taou
Sha--ahoeng.
chiang
3an-tv-ao
Foochow
Pi ing.>t+en
Niu..shat tao
Chin 4m
Wu,.bau
are not available. Vessels
drawing up to 12 lest can enter
Estiu rtes on unloading capacity
No rail connections to this
part,
Vessels drawing up to 10 ft can Considered a minor port.
.enter the port and anchor. No Regular steamer service to
estimates of unloading capacity Julan and Shanghai. 1943
.are available, No rail cone. population estimator was
nections are at the port, 209000,
No estimate available on un. Considered a minor port,
l
Econ. for
Considered a minor port? n,al,
Steuuera on the Sh?ungha$. KV .
ao-tsau run call regularly.,,
.oadinf; aapacitia0, no rail
connections to this port.
Vessels can anchor in depths of
h& to 60 feet, A submarine
cable extends across the anchor:
age from Customs Point to Apox
point? No rail connections
exist; Estimates on unloading
capacities are not available.
The port is connected with
a general telegraph systems,
A telephone line runs to
Foochow. There is also
steamer communication with
Foochow. It is considered
a minor port.
n.aq
Twin harbors.-?.Nan t v ai on the Important commercial city.
north bank and Foochow on the Formerly a naval base. The
south bank; good anchorage population is over 350,000
with a depth of about 13 feet.
Unloading capacity is about
750 long tons. There are no
rail connections. Repair
facilities are available.
Good berthing facilities for Considered to be a minor per
small craft. No'unloading?
capacity estimates available.
No rail connections to the
port,
No estimates available an urs..
loading capacity, No rail
connections to the port.
Unloading capacity of about
150 long tons? No rail
connections to the port,
Unloading capacity of about
29700 long tons. No rail
connections to the port.
Port can accomaodate vessels
drawing up to 30 feet, Repair
facilities are available,
No eatimato on unloading
capacity is available. There
are no rail or road connection
to the port.`
Considered to be a wind
port,
This port is hold ter the EZ4T,
Major collecting and did
tributing center for sur..
rounding area but without
large industrial inatalle.
tiona, Important embarks..
tion port for coolie labor,
Government drydock located
hero. 1939 population was
about 40,000.
Considered to be a very
minor port,
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Fac - t.M.2
'ang-ao Unloading capacity Is about
150 long tone,, No rail con..
ne tiona to the port,
e~astow Unloading capacity about 600
long tons, -Vessels may also
unload about 30 or 40 tons
with their own gear, Acccmma?.
dates vessels drawing up to 20
feet. Minor repair facilities.
No rail connections to the
port.
Ting had At least 450 long tons unload.
ing capacity. No rail connec..
tionaa to the port.
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A major port for vessels
coning from Thailand; in
regular contact with Hong
Kong and other Chineao.
ports. 1938 population
about 138,000.
Minor naval base and sea..
plane station.
Gr..ro
Enter port
NOTE* Data on unloading capacity is based on a 20 hour day,
Data was obtained from weekly ,and monthly 0NI Reports and weekly anew riea
of shipping arriving at and departing from Hong Kong ae. furnished in Foreign
Service Doepatchea. Material for parts of Juno,, Juayp August and September
was unobtainable.
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61U 'ING F:NTEr~I11G CMTAIN CHINES,
SHANGHAI (Apra)
Tonnage
Ti-approximate)
NORTHE1 N GLOW
BRITISH
5135
NORINA
PANAM4ANIAN
3451
WILL
PANAMANIAN
2710
KAIKORAI
PANAMANIAN
3151
r1ORELG
PANAI4M IAN
6103
d OSIF STALIN
RUSSIAN
7061
LIN CHEN
CO111?JNIST CITINA
3110
YUNNAN
BRITISH
2812
HA: AN
CUMdJNIST CHINA
2320
INCHISLAY
BRITISH
1791.
NAVIDAD
PANAI1f NIAN
6181
CIIUNG#127
COM4i?IINIST CHINA
3326
YU #128
CO 4I UIIIST C?TINA
?` *2000
EUSTON
# TISB
3599
BATU1' I
RUSSIAN
6236
EL GRANDE
PATMI-1APIIAN
6318
AGUADULCE
PI.U M1ANIAN
1544
BAIIDRA
BRITISH
3194
PLYMOUTH STAR
BRITISH
1274
Total repox'ted tonnage for the month of April - $69092
British
.>
20, 617
Panamanian
..
44422
Russian
13,297
ca=mist china
iO,7566
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Anproxte F,t?~e ,of
Arrival. or De
2 April.
4 April
4 and 21 April
5 and 15 April.
6 and 1? April
9 April
16 April
17 and 27 April
19 April
20 April
22 April
22 April
22 April
24 April
24 April
25 April
exact date unkncnm
exact date unknown
exact data unknown
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SHANGTIA1 IM)
EUSTON
SAN EDUARDO
KAIKORAI
YUJ lAN
YUNG HAN #122
INCHI4JLL
SHUN LEE
WILLA
ROSITA
NORELG
ROMANTICO
HAI AN
SAGEN
LIN, CHEN
NORINA
AGtJADULCE
TEFRROS
INCMEITH
NAVIDAD
NORTHERN GLOW
VAASA
PLYMOBTIN STAR
SAN ERNESTO
BRITISH
BRITISH
PANAMANIAN'.
BRITISH
PA1~Ax1ANIAN
COIJUNIST CHIN!
BRITISH
BRITISH
PANAMANIAN
BRITISH
PANAMANIAN
PANAMANIAN
COr ?IJ IIST CHINA
PAIMNIAN
COI-it-JIJNIST CHINA
PANAMANIAN
PANAMANIAN
BRITISH
BRITISH
PANAMANIAN
BRITISH
FINNISH
BRITISH
BRITISH
3599
2310
3151
2812
3721
2220
2479
3372
2669
1336
613
]221
2320
394W4
3110
3451
1544
1972
4290
6181
5135
0494
1274
1538
brtA D.. A
D2RUtare
a.
2, 14, and 28 l48
4and15Hay
5 MAW
5 and 28 Me~y
6 Mir
8 May
12 and 26 1k)17
12 1
15'
23 air
27-
29 Ivy
29 May
30 ft
31 may
31 may
31
exact date unknatm
exact date unknown
exact date unknown
exact date u nlasam
eamct date unimcsm
exact date unknown
*not date unknown
Britieh
1,4,916
Panamanian
31,985
Cc muniat Ch'nii
6,650
Finnish w
9,,494
Total reported tonnage for the- month ?of Mgrs
93,045
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Y2901
HAX AN
SMIOS
ORBITAL
CHUNG #127
CHUNG #328
LIN CHEN
ROSITA
STYLIANOS N.
VLASSOPULOS
'22gi
BRITISH
BRITISH
BRITISH
BRITISH
PANAMANIAN
COI44UIJIST CHINA
PANAMANIAN
BRITISH
COI?Ji iUNIST CHINA
GREEK
PANAMANIAN
COa21UNIST
COM1 UNIST CHINA
COM VNIST CHINA
BRITISH
2479
2812
3599
13?2
6181
1220
3944
5135
2320
7176
1555
3327
3352
3350
1336
British ??
32,86
Panamanian
24805
Carom mist Chin
13,569
Greek ?.
34,420
Total reported tonnage for the month of June ...... 82,658
Apnrote Date of
Arror narture
5 and 7 June
5 June
-10 Juno
10 June
11 Juno
11 June
11 June
NOTE: Only partic]. information for the month of June was available.
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Y22101 IlPZaer39 ToM h=g3 #e Date of
Arrival arDena kgg
ANGELINA
BRITISH
260
9o 16 and 25 July
EL GRANDE
PANAMANIAN
6175
11 July
CHUNG #128
COI 4JNIST CHINA
3327
li July
TE1! KROS
BRITISH
1972
13 July
ORIENTAL CO
COMUNIST CHINA
2812
15 July
NORTHERN GLOW
BRITISH
5135
16 July
ROSITA
BRITISH
1336
16 July and 25` July
INCIiKEITII
BRITISH
4290
16 and 26 July
'RAI WEI
CO11MUNIST CHINA
.1889
17 July
SAU JORGE
BRITISH
3870
18 July
COr IUNIST CHINA
2320
26 July
British - 23,009
Panam_ni-aa ?. 6, 175
Com n niat China - 10,x348
.Total reported tonnage for the month of July - 390532
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SHANGHAI (AUMST)
T
"MAWA2 91
A,,rM~iyal. or petisrturs
ANGELINA
BRITISH
260
7 and 14 August
INCHISLAY
BRITISH
1791
10 August
SAN EDUARDO
BRITISH
2994
10 August
INCHKEITIT
BRITISH
4290
12 August
YUNNAN
BRITISH
2812
12 and 25 August
YUNG WEI
COt21UNIST CHINA
1220
13 August
BELAPUR
BRITISH
7487
13 August
EUSTON
BRITISH
3599
`16 August
SAN ERNE, STO
BRITISH
1538
16 August
AD14IRAL HARDY
BRITISH
1929
17 August
British - 29,772
Ca?maaniet China .. 1,220
Total reported tonnage for the month.of Augusta 30,992
NOTE*
Only partial information available for the month of August
On 4 August '1952 the following passenger-cargo steamships were at Hai Man
being loaded with lumbar and charcoal for shipment to Sbanghsi:
TONG LI
CHIN TU
HSIANG T'AI
NAN LI
HSIN T'AI CHOU
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ftia= Immag A amen D
AMLUI ar De
BELAPUR
BRITISH
7539
4 September
LIN CHEN
COMi 1UNIST CHINA
3350
5 and 13 September
YUNG 'I,'EI
C0N UNIST CHINA
1220
5 and 20 September
ADZ= HARDY
BRITISH
1929
69 14 and 19 September
TA CHIONG
COI?L'IINIST CHINA
6175
6 and 15 September
INCHARRON
BRITISH
3539
7 and 20 September
UNNAN
BRITISH
2812
7 and 20 September
HAI AN
C0111MCJNIST CHINA
2320
9 and 17 September
HAI WEI
COM1UNIST CHINA
1889
9 and 22 September
EUSTON
BRITISH
3599
10 September
NORTH RN GLOW
BRITISH
5135
10, 20 and 30 September
INCHISLAY
BRITISH
1791
12 September
CIIUNG #128
CO14UNIST CHINA
3352
13 September
CRUN( #127
COIINIST CHID
3327
13, 17 September
HIRAMAR
UNKNOWN
(PANAMANIAN
REGISTRY WITADIWJN
4764
17 September
MEKo.
HONDURAN
3116
1B September
KARPATY
PHILIPPINE
6487
19 September
TEFIROS
AAINU (fmearly the
BRITISH
19'72
20 September
Aguadulae)
COlg4JNIST CHINA
1544
20 September
LEE SANG
COMMUNIST CHINA
3179.
20 September
ORIENTAL
COMtIJNIST CHINA
2812
20 September
ORBITAL
C014'lUNIST CHINA
1555
21 September
STARSIDE
PANAMANIAN
3351
21 ? aptember
pACIFICo
CON4WST CHINA
2831
22 September
TAICHUNGSNAN
BRITISH
2171
22 September
SAN JORGE
BRITISH
387O.:-
22 and 27 September
PANAMANIAN
6181
26 September "-
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SHANGHAI (SEPTF., 3E t) a. continued
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onnx~a
~g AMraje to Date
t
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INCHULVA
BRITISH
1772
27 September
KAIKORAI
UNKNOWN
(PANAMANIAN
REGISTRY t?'ITHDRA
3151
30 September
British 6o 478
Panamanian - 9,532
Communist China .. 51,835
Honduran ?~ 3,11.6
Philippine 6,48?
Unknown (former Panamanian) 70915
Total reported tonnage for the month of Septembers 139,363
NOTE: Partial information for the month of September was available?
Total reported tonnage for the months April .. September:
British 211,656
Panamanian 110?919
Communist China 94?378
Greek ~? 11+,!620
Russian 130297
Finnish .- 9,494
Philippe ;, b 487
Honduran -- 3,116
registry) T,915
crmer1r of- Panamanian
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FOOCHoy, (APRII~..STP~.}
rat Date
Arr x or Ac.P....w. ~?
INCIIKEITH
TEJ'KROS
SAN ERM TO
Ii+CHISLAY
INCHt4ILL
ROMANTICO
;TON
ROSITA
HYDRALOCK
SAPI JORGE
SHUN LEE
PL INCUTH STAR
SAN EDUARDO
ANGELINA
INCHARRON
BRITISH
BRITISH
BRITISH
BRITISH
BRITISH
PANAMANIAN
BRITISH
BRITISH
BRITISH
BRITISH
BRITISH
BRITISH
BRITISH
MITISH
BRITISH
4290
1972
1538
1791
2479
1221
2181
1336
979
3870
7176
1274
2310
260
3539
British >? 69,132
Panamanian - 1,221
16 April
21 April
23 April
30 April, 27 May
30. April., 5,3,2 and 24 Ma;3 June
May (pct date unknown)
8, 121, 19 and 28 May9,
15 Auguut
22 and 31 , 16 June,
6 September
11 and 23 Maly, 15 June
24 May, 15 and 20 Septeml;
25 May
26 May
28 May
6 September
25 September
Total Reported Tonnage for April-Soptemabori a a a 70,353
NOTES Only partial information available for they months of June, July, August and September,
It its reported that there are 8 fairly new oil refineries in Foochow. It may thereft
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v 0.
Ton.
Annroxmn#.e Dam
Asprive:! or Depsrtt-~r
ANG3 LINA
BRITISH
260
27 April, 7 June, 11 Augl.Y?,wt~'t