ECONOMIC MARITIME FLEET

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600221172-6
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 28, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1172
• Publication Date: May 18, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPOR
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SUBJECT 8conomic - IMhritime fleet
HOW
PUBLISHED Dniiy newegagere
WHERE
PUBLISHED 'CBSR
DATE
PI~BU$HI~D 4 Feb - 8 Apr 1949
LANGUAGE Rue?lela
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INFORMATION 1949
DATE DIST. /~ ~y 1849
N0, OF L'AGES ~
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT N0.
TMIS :S UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
MARITD~ FLEET EECEEDO FIRST-QUARTER ALAS -- tbreicoy Flot, i9o 27, 5 Apr b9
The tgex?itime F~,eet hoe azceeded the first quarter freiglut plan by 104
peroent for tonnage, and by 107 percent Par to?u~milea. The following shipping
11aes ezceeded the plea for the first quarter of 1949: Latvia: 113.9 percent
by tone sad 123.1 by toe-roles; Estaaia, 156.6 by tc?.e and 123 by t:n:~miiee,
Sever (Aorth), 103.8 by tone sad 125.5 by tam-milee? I+azmanek, 154.3 by tone
and 106.7 by toe-riles; Danube, 121.6 by tone and 116.7 by tin-ml.lee; Far Eaet,
112 by toes and 124?6 by~ton-miles; $septanker, '01.1 by toes an3 101.1 by
tan-miles; end Sovtanloer, T02 ~ by ton_= nr.3 127.4 by ton~milee.
Ohhar shipping lines iag?ed behind pltme3 tacmaga. The Sakhalin ISne
ooaplE.ed only 71.7 peraeat of the first-gnarter plea for tonnage end 57.5
peraent foC #oa-miles. The Baltic Lisa complete3 95.8 percent a~f its tannage
quotas aad'the Azov and Csspiea lines did not fulfill their tea-mileage plea.
Failure of t3iese liaea to tu].fi11 the plea rueuulted from unproductive lay-ovate
of ships. Aaeordiag to the ![inistry of the !'aritime Fleet, unproduative
ley-orere in Februsary and Ifsroh nmoumted to 4,251 shipping-da;e,
To improve the effioienoy of the maritime fleet, measures mast be taken
to improve the,qunlity of diepntehing services, elim:nste breakdowns, affi
e~aad the systeet of regalarly sehaduled freight lines. Za X948, only 36
re~,?yL_?? fre+~*.S l+~~e ..wr. rn?~tsg!l n? thr~ 4:~ urovided for. and only 62 per-
oeat of the tonne~ga teseseen for these lines was treaeported. There are still
same parts which have ao; iaoreesed the tuanover of ships.; do the Far Feet,
the tmuover hne even decreased.
FIQ11lIf'9 ~iR SU T ~ -- Marskoy Flot, Ho 28, 8 Apr 49
the Maritime Fleet, hoe given the following figures on sea transport: The
increased to 397 tone in 194$, a rise o? l5: Fe.c~r.?~, Cti~.zation of dry
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`fie aartim~ fleet ocapleted the 194y first-quarter plan far transport
104 percent in tonnage and 107 percent is tonrmilee, Thie represented a 9.1
inoremae in twnnege over the first quarter cf 1948,
cargo ships also increnaed y percent.
Ol~9SA YOYi'1' NORM SZCIk6D F.EFCRIIARY PIAfi -~ Morelcoy Flot, fio 16, 25 Feb 4y
Og lq Febx'unry, Odessa port rorkera fulfilled the F?bruary plan 1Qy,3
peTCeat. ~3ng Febrnl-ry, 411 ahi,pe vats loaded and ualoadod py high-speed
methods:. 1'he steamer Earl Waxy vas unloaded 24 hours ahead of echedul?. The
steamer Yloreiz ~+aa unlaaffiecl in half of the time provided by plan.
BA6Fi P00~ WOB>~ 81dJ~ IIP LOAD3fiu -- tAorelCOy F1ot, fio 16, 25 Feb 49
Norkers of the pt~t of Baru fui3'illed the February pica 100.4 percent
oa 22 1lebrmxs. Thirteen eh2peirare unloaded by high-speed methods. liiaety-
tro peroeat of,.the rai]~road anrp ire dispatched oa schedule or nhend of
sehedtiT.e. .The Daku port rorkese aleaided to load and unload several thousand
`tans hbove plea,
I~11TiriAfi RIE74T ? ECOfiOMIE4 ?- bbre2lil~ -- Sraenyy Flot, 110 72, 27 iNr 4y
Ths first Hessian ioe baroaker, the lermak, of the !lain Adminiatrntion
of the lorthern Sea Hosts, 8ovist of lltnisters iSfsd, vne ararded the Order
of ieala by alsse of the Ytesiaiua at the 7~reme Soviet icow, for euvwsoef:.l
opssstians 1A gnidlag ships through the ice, eepsciallj along the 1lorthsrn
Sea aoate, end in cooneotlon rith the Soth anniversary of the ship's service.
WIQTE SEA STHAiI~tB PALL HADIa4 -- Lsaiaelroye Zan4ye, 110 2j, h Feb 4y
Ohs modes of asdio-egcipped steam tugboats of the White Sea-Onega 8tesm-
ship Ltns i? being laoraassd. Htdios are also being iaetclled oa the steamers
Osetr, lAarinpol', sad Izho~rets 65.
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