IMPROVE PORT OPERATIONS; STEP UP WORK ON 5 CARGO VESSELS

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 18, 2011
• Sequence Number: 191
• Publication Date: June 19, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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- CENTRAL. INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DO,UMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO,
COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT Transportation - Water
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily, semiweekly, and weekly newspapers
WHERE
PUBLISHED Warsaw; Bydgoszcz; Kato::i...e; Berlin;
Poznan; Quakenbruck
DATE
PUBLISHED 16 Feb - 18 Mar 1950
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSI
OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF ESPIONAGE ACT IT
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DATE OF
INFORMATION 1950
DATE DIST. /7 Jun 1950
NO. OF PAGES 3
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
IMPROVE PORT OPERATIONS;
STEP UP WORK ON 5 CARGO VESSELS
REDUCE LAYOVERS, UNLOADING TINE -- Polska Zbrojna, No 76, 17 Mar 50
The ports of Gdynia-Gdansk and Szczecin enter upon a new era, with
management under one central authority as of 1 January 1950 and operation
on a self-sustaining basis. With the rebuilding of port installations and
organization of ocean transport services, the Gdynia-Gdansk complex has
greatly expanded its transshipment capacity and reduced handling time. The
organization, in 1948, of the workers' enterprise, Porterob, greatly in-
creased workers' productivity. Portorob, organized on cooperative lines,
handles all transshipment operations and insures steady employment and stand-
ardization of work.
Socialization of port services almost immediately increased productivity
30 percent. Systematic handling permits servicing a vessel immediately upon
its arrival and handling time is shorter than in any other port in the world.
Layovers have been reduced almost 50 percent. For instance, unloading time
for 22,000 bales of cotton has been reduced from 11 to 5 days, the servicing
of an average liner from 3 to 1-1/2 days, and unloading of 10,000 tons of ore
from 7 to 3-1/2 days. Record unloading reached 5,000 tons every 20 hours,
which is less than half the unloading time in western European countries. Re-
quired warehousing has been reduced from 44 to 21. days. These economies place
Polish ports in a strong competitive position.
Work on the five general cargo vessels intended for service of short
ocean routes has progressed notably because of individual and group pledges
and systematization. A new method of building the hull by assembly of the in-
dividual sections in the factory and final assembly on the ship has been in-
troduced and has proved practical and less expensive.
The sectional assembly method is also being used on the two new fishing
trawlers which have been started. The first two trawlers of this series were
launched last year.
CLASS! FIECATION CONFIDENTIAL GOHF~DENTIAI.
STATE
ARMY
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LAUNCH SS WARSZAWA -- Dziennik Zuchodni, No 72, 13 Mar 50
On 11 March, the SS Warszawa was launched using a new launching system
developed by Henryk Pawelczyk.
The Warszawa, a general cargo vessel of the Lewant type with a 4,060 ton
displacement, was built entirely according to Polish design. It will be
equipped with Polish-built motors.
VESSEL BEING REBUILT IN DENMARK -- Express Wieczorny, No 66, 7 Mar 50
One of the vessels sunk during war operations and newly named the Elblag
is being rebuilt in Denmark, as the Polish shipyards are overburr'.ened at pres-
ent.
The Elblag, a cargo vessel of 1,500 dead-weight tons' capacity, has ac-
commodations for four passengers. It will be scheduled on a regular overseas
line as a general cargo vessel.
FOURTH COAL CARRIER READY -- Ilustrowany Kurier Polski, No 77, 1.8 Mar 50
The 1 Maja, the fourth coal and ore carrier made in Poland, is expected
to be ready by 1 May 1950,
GAL TO CARRY FREIGHT TO EAST AFRICA -- Nachrichten fuer Aussenhandel, No 15,
22 Feb 50
The Gdynia-America Line (GAL) has made shipping contacts with India,
Pakistan, the Far East, and Australia and will also carry cargo to the most
important harbors of Fast Africa.
RESCUE VESSEL FOR POLISH WEST COAST -- Glos Wielkopolski, No 64, 6 Mar 50
The Szkwal, one of the two rescue vessels ordered from Sweden for the
western and eastern seacoasts of Poland, has arrived in Swinoujscie, the res-
cue service base for the western seacoast.
The Szkwal, the first of its kind in Poland and one of the most modern
in the Baltic, was built in the shipyards near Goeteborg. It is small, the
size of a large cutter, and has a strong hull and powerful engines, designed
for rescue work, enabling it to operate easily in heavy seas. It'made its
maiden voyage home in a raging sea and showed excellent
well-trained arriving
safe and undamaged. The crew of six are young x
enced. Each can double in several operations, thus s .wing valuable space
needed in rescue work.
The rescue equipment is modern. In addition to life belts, life-saving
nets, individual rafts or floats, etc., the vessel is equipped to reach a
distressed ship which cannot be approached directly by shooting a 250-meter.
lifeline aboard the distressed vessel over which the injured and others are
evacuated.
POLISH, CZECH VESSELS OPERATE ON THE ODRA -- Express Wieczorny, No 71, 12 Mar 50
The economic results of the friendship and cooperation pact between Po-
land and Czechoslovakia can be seen in Szczecin.
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Polish and Czechoslovak tugs are working together in handling Polish and
Czechoslovak goods on the Odra River. Cranes of Czechoslovak manufacture help
load coal in the Port of Szczecin. Work on the Czechoslovak Wharf is nearing
completion. A large warehouse will be built on this .11arf to store Czecho-
slovak freight intended for export to overseas countries.
Odra River traffic has started early due to good weather and Czechoslovak
vessels are loading freight for export through Szczecin. It is expected that
the number of Czechoslovak vessels servicing the Odra will be increased. The
Czechs will soon use the first Polish ferry to operate between Swinoujscie and
Trelleborg.
SHIP'S ENGINE ROOM DESTROYED BY FIRE -- Polak, No 7, 16 Feb 50
Fire destroyed the engine room of the Stalowa Wola, recently employed in
carrying shipments of arms and ammunition from Gdynia to Albania.
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