RIVER SHIPPING REPORT FAST RUNS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600260399-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 4, 2011
• Sequence Number: 399
• Publication Date: November 1, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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R4-aneportat?on - Ri~:cr shipping
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SOURCE: Rechna1y transport, No ~:, 1949.
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
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RIVER S233PPING R&PORgS ?sA51 RUNS
Lept year, thN stn;amer Rl~elan (captain, Buke~ev; ongineer, Pleklianoaj in-
load at 47,2 porc'vntVover plan. Ir. foxing dry loads,~the planned speed ezaluding
stops xas eaoer3ded by 5.5 kilematol?s p9r day xit`~ conaidarabl3 i.narea3ed loads
moving agAine>:t the cta?~?bnt.
The Volga t,inker`Akademik Gubkfn completed its first voyage from Aetrakhaa'
to Gor'kiy 68 hours ahead of eehed+sle. i'he tanker foxed foar oil barges on this
trip. There xea a delay df 5 hours in tl>.e Aatra?chan' roadstead beoause of oare-
leeeneve od the part of shipping xorkere. I
The ateatdohip Corgtb of the Volga Cargo Lihe eaceedtd its planned speed 33
percent and ehortena{I tud echadulsd t.imT1 of iti~ run betxeen 9ladlmircyeks and
Gor/k'iy this springy y ll^ hours.
The tug Central ~'etutin, toaittg a *aft .rith a loaA of z4,j00 t~nee cut
l2 hours off its rWT. Th? Ruslan com~;leied its first trip this year Eli hours
ahead of time. Ths eieenner Vezoieru~iriavy oparati~-.:g on iusuka River, cut its
ttiip tide 5E hours xhile carry+ng more them double its usual load,
The crev of the Diesel 1~?eight~r Tatariya attained a daily avera,gc speed
of ;04 kilometers iaetead of the epeclfloL 242 kilometers for ta?avaling upstream,
and a speed of 500 kilometer6 par day instead of the planned 270 domstream.
This speed is ~quel to tote reilroa~l spcod betveen Sr.zan' and Gar'kiy.
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