ECONOMIC - INLAND WATERWAYS

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600221173-5
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 28, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1173
• Publication Date: May 18, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFIr-ION
CENTRAL INTER AGENCY
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS
COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT Economic - inland waterways
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspapers
WHERE
PUBLISHED USSR
DATE
PUBLISHED 25 Feb - 8 Apr 1949
LANGUAGE Russian
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SOURCE
Soviet newspapers as indicated.
REPORT
CD NO.
DATE OF
DATE DIST. 19 Day 1949
NO. OF PAGES 2
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
HIPPING INCRZAM
UIEAM, PLANS I VEIOP3BNT OF BaIALL RIVJR8 -- Pravda Ukrainy, No 47, 26 Feb 49
In a conference hold in Kiev to discuss problems connected-with the
development of eme11 rivers df the Ukraine, Ehilyuk, chief of the
Administration for the Development of all Rivers for Transport, reported
the work done in 1948 and plane for 1949. He mentioned that 17 rivers
in the Ukraine, with a total length of 2,000 kilamrters, had. been made
nsvigablc. During 1949, many Ukrainian cities, enterprises, and thousands
of kolkhozes situated in river basics, will be able to use cheap water-
transport facilities. The plan for transport on email rivers of the
Ukrainian S has been inereaeod'20 percent over 1948.
The conference made plans for the future work and the fulfillment
of the year plan.
DII$L BMS 02111A' T ON IOI R I1I7.'!RR -- Reehnoy Transport, No 16, 25 Pet 49
During the summer of 1948, 16 power-driven barges, operating on liculu
fuel were added to the fleet of the Lover Irtyab River. As the operation
of Diesel engines requires special skill, the steamship line has organized
refresher courses for mechanics. Twelve sbipa mechanics and their assistants
are now attending 3-year courses, where they study the construction of
Diesel engines, eleotrotechnios, designicg, ani technology of metals.
D R RIM FIST flILrI018 POOBLT -- Sovetskaya Noldavtya, No 58,
23 liar 49
The Dnepr river fleet is poorly organized and its operation is
entirely unsatisfactory. There is no regular freight traffic or
passenger service on the river, and use of unseavorthy ships resulted
asst year in losses of 41,700 rubles, The Boade y oip-Repair Works put
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out only one steamboat last year, and it had to be retirod for repairs
after its first voyage. Units of the river fleet were wintered in
places lacking facilities for repairs, and as a result spring overhauling
is far behind schedule.
i PPIWG LI PIRD( S IJCEEA8 -- Moskovakiy Bol'ehevik, No 82, 8 Apr 49
Millions of tone of freight and, millions of passengers have been
carried by the Canal imeai Moskvat Steamship Tine during the 12 years
of its existence. Many crews have adopted Stakhenovite work methods,
following the example of the Volga freighter Ruslan. Crews of the
outstanding freighters Miron Dyukanov (captain, Puzevskiy), Maker
Mazey (captain, Adolin), Rzhev (daptain, Potapov), and Petr Krivonos
(captain, pryanikov) have topped production quotas set for the freight
fleet for 1950.
The steamship line exceeded the shipping plan during the past
navigation season and lowered shipping costs 11.6 percent. Freight
ha lung in the ports was out 9 percent more than planned, enabling
canal workereto save 8 million rubles.
The canal's 1949 quota calls for 20 percent more shipping than in
the previous navigation season. the Btamship Line Administration has
ppl, in addition, toattain the volume of shipping set for 1950.
This will necessitate a 30-percent increase in shipping over 1948.
(Signed by A.?Shemegin, chief of the Steamship Line Administation of the
Canal imeni Moskva and general-director of the River Fleet, 3d Rank.)
Yeohernyaya Moskva, No 83, 8 Apr 49
Skippers Batov, Rybin, and Luk'yanenko of the Carat 'meni Moskva
Steamship Line have prepared for the navigation season and drawn up
Stakhaaovite plane. Following the example of Furlakov, mechanic of the
steamship line, Batov hbs decided not to turn his barge in for repairs
until 1958 and Rybin and Ink'yanenko have deciaed not to turn theirs in
for repairs until 1955.
The skippers have pledged to repair defects themselves to utilize
more efficiently the freight capacity of the barges and to increase the
number of trips.
RIIRR )IaT Mb0ffi7? RiClITI AWARDS -- Rechnoy Tranuport, No 26, 1 Apr 49
Aug, captains and mechanics, connected with ships of the Ministry
of the River Fdeet, received orders and medals for long and excellent
service. Among these are D. A. Beutov, captain of the Plotoyod, R. A.
Terahov, mechanic of the Ckhta, and P. V. Foryukayev, captain of the
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TA7S,Tt 887P. R i.. PLANT AWARDED RD RAISER -- Sovetskaya Eetoniya, No 47,
26 Feb 19
Workers of the Tallin Ship-Repair Plant recently were awarded the
All-D'nion Transferable Bed Banner of the soviet of ministers DSffit and
VroWB, and a cash prize of 90,000 rubles for winning the All-?pion
Socialist competition for the last quarter of 1948.
Workers, technical engineers, and employees of the plan? pledged to
exceed the production plan for the first quarter of 1949?
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