SHIPYARDS INCREASE WORK TEMPO; PORTS CONTINUE REPAIR WORK

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 30, 2011
• Sequence Number: 819
• Publication Date: July 11, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL
ti CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPOR11
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT Transportation - Water
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspapers
WHERE
PUBLISHED Warsaw; Bydgoszcz
DATE
PUBLISHED 1 - 23 Apr 1950
LANGUAGE Polish
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF UST10NME ACT SD
S. I. , C.. S1 AND Sl. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR TIS RETELATIOM
NJ ITUED C BY TLAW I UIP00DUCTION OF THIN TONE II PAOrlnno. IS SRO
Newspapers as indicated.
DATE OF
INFORMATION 1950
DATE DIST.II Jul 1950
NO. OF PAGES 2
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
SHIPYARDS INCREASE WORK TEMPO;
PORTS CONTINUE REPAIR WORK
GDANSK SHIPYARD WORKERS TO INTENSIFY PRODUCTION -- Rzeczpospolita, No 91,
1 Apr 50
On 28 March 1950, personnel of the Gdansk Shipyards approved a resolu-
tion pledging new production gvotas to celebrate may Day, in addition to the
previously made long-term pledges.
Over and above long-term pledges, the Shipbuilding Division will launch,
by 1 May 1950, three general cargo vessels. of 660 dead-weight tons each, pre-
viously scheduled for 1 June 1950. The ship outfitting division will re-
lease for service the 1 Maj, coal and ore carrier, one month ahead of sched-
ule, and the SS Oliva, a general cargo vessel, 2 months ahead of schedule.
The Ships Repair Division will repair the Inz. Wends, dredger; the Franek,
tugboat, and the SS Panna Wodna, passenger ship, by 1 May 1950 instead of
15 May as previously scheduled. Other divisions will shorten the production
period for castings, forgings, and other needed parts.
The boiler division will increase the production quota of new boilers
from 134 to 210 tons.
Witold Belau promised to increase metal cutting speed to 665 meters
per minute and/lster to 800 meters per minute.
LAUNCH FIVE. VESSELS -- Ilustrowany Kurier Polski, No 106, 18 Apr 50
On 15 April 1950, five vessels were launched'on Holm Island in the
Gdansk'Port. These vessels had been completely reconstructed by the Port
Workshop of the ZPGG (Administration for'Gdansk-Gdynia Ports). The new
vessels tare assigned to porn services.
One of the vessels is Blysk, a fire-fighting ship with modern fire-
fighting equipment remodeled from a wrecked German motorboat. Two pilot
boats, Anna and Wera, are remodelled old landing craft. Engines for the
two boats were made from scrap iron and parts from various wrecks. Pilot
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25, another pilot boat, had undergone general overhauling. The fifth vessel
launched was a ferry boat reconstructed by the Engineering-Construction Divi-
sion of ZPGG. Marian Potocki's new mechanized method of making ships' hulls
airtight was used on these vessels.. Potocki is employed in the workshop of
ZPGG.
TO IMPROVE PORTS -- Rzeczpospolita, No 111, 23 Apr 50
The sounding crew of the hydrographic division of the Szczecin Maritime
Office has completed the hydrography on the Darlowo port and are now to begin
on the Ustka port. Similar work is to follow on Kolobrzeg and then on the
third class ports. Dredging operations will be extensive.
PIER REPAIRS REACH HALF-WAY MARK -- Rzeczporpolita, No 111, 23 Apr 50
One of the most important investments started on Polands's western sea-
coast is the repair of the pier in Kolobrzeg port. As of now, 50 percent of
the work has been completed.
KOLOBRZEG LIGHTHOUSE TO GET NEW LIGHT -- Zycie Warszawy, No 102, 14 Apr 50
In the near future, a modern and more powerful light will be installed
in the Kolobrzeg lighthouse.
215 SHIPS ENTER SZCZECIN PORT IN MARCH -- Zycie Warszawy, No 101, 13 Apr 50
During March 1950, 215 ships entered the Szczecin port, including 51
Danish ships, 33 Swedish, 33 Norwegian, 26 Finnish, 23 Soviet, and 17 Polish.
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