NEW ENTERPRISE TO CONTROL POLAND'S MERCHANT MARINE; SHIPPING, TRANSSHIPPING STATISTICS REPORTED

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• Publication Date: October 25, 1950
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CONNOENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
DATE OF
INFORMATION 1949 - 1950
HOW
PUBLISHED Irregular newspaper; monthly, quarterly
periodicals
WHERE
PUBLISHED Poland; Germany
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
Apr 1949 May 1950
Polish; German
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
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NEW ENTERPRISE TO CONTROL POLAND'S MERCHANT MARINE;
SHIPPING, TRANSSHIPPING STATISTICS REPORTED
MINISTRY CREATES POLISH SHIP REGISTER -- Warsaw Monitor Polski, 17 May 50
On 21 March 1950 the Ministry of Navigation and Transportation created
the new state-owned enterprise to be known as the Polish Registry of Ships
with headquarters in Gdansk.
The Registry will classify all ocean-going and inland navigation ves-
sels and will supervise the construction, alteration, and repair of such
vessels. It will appraise vessels and will be responsible for any work re-
quired for classification and appraisal, including technical supervision,
technical specifications, estimation, and registry of damages.
For ocean-going vessels, the Registry will issue regulations govern-
ing safety, the condition of electrical equipment, anchors, boilers, dimen-
sions, etc. On inland waterway vessels, it will perform technical services
for the Ministry of Transportation in connection with dimensions and patented
features.
The enterprise will be under the supervision of the Minister of Naviga-
tion acting in agreement with the Minister of Transportation. It will have
a Council for Public Supervision, whose activities will be defined by the
Council of Ministers at a later date.
MERCHANT MARINE NEARS 50 SHIPS -- Gdynia Mlody Zeglarz, Jan - Feb 50
As of 1 January 1950, the Polish merchant marine fleet numbered 48 ships
with a gross tonnage of approximately 21.5,000 tons as against 38 ships with a
gross tonnage of 120,000 tons in 1939.
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PURCHASE MOTORSHIP IN HOLLAND -- Gdynia Mlody Zeglarz, Jan - Feb 50
In 1949, one of the Polish shipyards began the construction of five
small general cargo motorboats, of 660 dead-weight tons each.
In late 19494 the-Polish government also purchased from Holland the gen-
eral cargo motorship Bug of 641 dead-weight tons. The Bug, built in 1939 by
N. V. E. J. Smit en Zoon, Scheepswerven, in Westerbrock, Holland, is 51.5
meters long and 8.3 meters wide. A 450-horsepower diesel engine enables the
vessel to exceed 10 knots. The Bug has been placed on the Gdynia-Stockholm
route.. It has a crew of eight.
In 1948, Poland launched seven merchant vessels with a total gross reg-
istered tonnage of 7,935 tons. Three vessels with a gross registered tonnage
of 5,025 tons were of domestic production, and four with a gross registered
tonnage of 2,910 tons were built abroad,
1ST QUARTER 1949 TRANSSHIPMENTS IN POLISH PORTS -- Gdansk Gospodarka Morska,
Apr - Jun 49
The following figures are for freight transshipments handled in the ports
of Gdynia, Gdansk, and Szczecin;
1949 Transshipments in Gdynia-Gdansk Port Complex
(in 1,000 tons)
Commodity
Jan
Feb
Mar
Quarterly
Total
Coal, bunker coal, coke
862
825
916
2,603
Special bulk cargo
77
73
74
224
Grain (bulk)
55
54
51
160
Lumber
22
19
12
53
Other
--
--
11
11
General bulk cargo
48
38
33
119
Ore
26
2
22
50
Chemical fertilizers
(bulk)
9
65
Other
2
4
General cargo
100
312
Warehoused
93
100
279
Nonwarehoused
h
5
15
Refrigerated
8
18
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Commodity
Jan
Feb
Mar
Quarterly
Total
Coal, bunker coal, coke
255
280
307
842
Special bulk cargo
5
18
18
41
Grain (bulk)
5
15
15
35
Lumber
--
3
3
6
Other
--
0
0
0
General bulk cargo
15
19
30
64
Ore
10
10
25
45
Chemical fertilizer (bulk)
5
9
5
19
Other
--
--
--
--
General cargo
25
12
24
61
Warehoused
21
10
23
54
Nonwarehoused
4
2
1
7
Refrigerated
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,The Warta-Vistula Canal, construction of which was started before 1939, has
been put into operation. The canal connects the Upper Warta via Lake Goplo with
the upper canal network of the Vistula. -- Reprint from Wien Verkehr, 19 Jan 50)
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