YUGOSLAVIA EXPANDS SHIPPING FACILITIES

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 26, 2011
• Sequence Number: 590
• Publication Date: August 7, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
CLASSIFICATION CONFmENTIAmFIDEHTIAI
COUNTRY Yugoslavia
SUBJECT Transportation - Water
HOW
PUBLISHED Semiweekly, daily newspapers
WHERE
PUBLISHED Vienna; Ljubljana; Belgrade
DATE
PUBLISHED 26 Jan - 5 Jul 1950
LANGUAGE
German; Slovenian; Serbo-'.:roatian
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
YUGOSLAVIA EXPANDS SHIPPING FACILITIES
SHIP LINE REVISES SAILING SCREDULE -- Verkehir, No 4, 26 Jan 50
The sailing list of the Jugoslavenska Linijska Plovid a (Rijeka) forr-
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the first 6 months of 1950 shows changes in the operating frequency of
tpports, for ex-
tain service routes. Sailings between Adriatic and Near nEast
ample, which were formerly scheduled every 10 day , are
Sailings to Turkey, with calls at Israeli ports, are scheduled every 28 days,
whereas formerly they were made eoryy 2days without
Trips be;,ween Israel and Cyp , formerly
run 25 days under the revised schedule. Crossings between the Adriatic and North
one instead
every fmoonce nth toe ne2evemonths, ry other imonth.
America now ake place American sailings were changed month
The Jugoslavenska Linijska Plovidba has a fleet of 40 ships with a total
of 263,000 tons deadweight. It maintains scheduled: passenger freight service
between Yugoslav ports, Trieste, and Venice, and North Africa and northern
Egypt, and trips
Europe every 15udays. Israel, are
South America every 20 days.
to Turkey, Cyprus,
PULP, TO BE DELIVERED IN JULY--- Slovenski Porocevalec, No 158, 5 Jul 50
The Pula, 3,900-ton capacity ship, was recently completed in Rotterdam and
will arrive in Yugoslavia in July.
This will be the first modern motor ship of medium tonnage to run on the
relatively difficult Rijeka-Dubrovnik-Algiers-Oran-Casablanca-London-Hamburg-
Rotterdam-Antyerp-London line. Ships on this line make possible stops in Split,
Trieste, Catania, Palermo; Lisbon, Mostaganem, Amsterdam, and Venice.: Thus far,
more often an addition
theya will be able to visit Europe-every 15 days. Wi
Pula ships
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Slovenski Porocevalec, No 15k,,30 Jun 50
The new transoceanic motor ship Pula, a sister ship of the Rijeka, will
arrive in Dubrovnik from Rotterdam on 6 or 7 July 1950. it is 187.47 meters
long, 14.20 meters wide, and has a capacity of 3,912 tons. On a test trip
from 24 to 29 June 1950 it reached a speed of 14.1 knots. The Pula is equipped
with five holds, nine electric cranes with a capacity of 3.5 tons, a crane
with a capacity of115 tons, and six passenger cabins.
The Zadar, which is similar to the Pula and is also under construction in
the Netherlands, will be completed soon.
RIVER HARBOR NEARS COMPLETION -- Borba, No 145, 19 Jun 50
Vukovar, 18 June -- The construction of a harbor in Vukovar on the Danube
will be completed soon. The wharf of the harbor is 350 meters long. The harbor
is equipped with crane tracks, railroad tracks, warehouses, transformer stations
for the electric cranes, and a movable crane with a capacity of,5 tons. Ships
will no longer have to wait 3 days to be unloaded, as 30 ships can be unloaded
per day in the new harbor.
The government has spent over 30 million dinars for.all the harbor equipment
and installations.
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SHIPYARD COMPLETES PLAN -- Borba, No 155, 1 Jul 50
Split, 30 June The "Vicko Krustulovic" Shipyard in Split completed its
half-year plan yesterday, even though the 1950 capital construction plan is 23
percent larger than the 1949 plan. The enterprise repaired the Sinj and built
two pontoon cranes and two 250-ton barges. It will launch six cargo steamers
within a few days,
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