SHIPBUILDING, RR, AND HIGHWAY NEWS FROM BULGARIA

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 11, 2011
• Sequence Number: 502
• Publication Date: December 3, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION FROM
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COUNTRY Bulgaria
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Transportation - Water, rail, highway INFORMATION 1952
Economic - Shipbuilding
Daily newspapers DATE DIST. '1 DEC 1952
PUBLISHED 13 JUL - 6 Sep 1952
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3HIPBUILDING RR AND HIGHWAY NEWS FRQ4 BULGARIA
SMEAMSHIp SH.PKA RAISED IN STALIN HARBQ -- Sofia, Rabotnichesko Delo,
13 Jul 52
On 11 July 1952, the steamship Shipka was raised in Stalin harbor and
towed 7.5 miles to port. For 3 years, the divers and seamen of the emergency-
rescue squad of the Upravlenie na vodniya transport (Water Transport Adminis-
tration) in Stalin have been trying to raise the Shipka, which sank in 1941.
The group started with six people but grew to 90, 30 of whom are divers. Some
of the people were sent from the USSR, and seamen from the Purvi May, Rakovaki,
and Vikhur ships assisted.
For 3 years, the divers have worked 11 or 12 hours, day and night, to put
huge 80- and 200-ton steel pontoons under the steamship to lift it to the sur-
face. They also dug 12 tunnels 600 meters long under the vessel. Workers have
already been organized to clean accumulated moss, lichen, and slime off the
ship.
MOTCRSRIP RION CWLETED -- Sofia, Vecherni Novini, 28 Aug 52
Stalin, 28 August -- The completion yesterday of the motorship Rion vu
celebrated in the "G. Dimitrov" Shipyard of KQRBSO (=ilgarian-Soviet Shipbuild-
ing Organization) in Stalin. With the help of Soviet specialists, workers
from three KQRBSO shipyards, the "G. Dimitrov," "Koralovag," and Neptun," were
engaged in building the ship.
The celebration of the completion of the ship was attended by Stoyan Pav-
lov, candidate member of the Central Committee, Bulgarian Communist Party, and
first secretary of the Stalin okrug committee of the party; Al. Kryuchkov, So-
viet Consul in Stalin; Mr Belov, general director of KORBSO, Vutyu Vutev, di-
rector of the "Koralovag" Shipyard; Marin Bahgiev, secretary of the Stalin City
Committee, Bulgarian Communist Party; as well as the shipyard workers. Tele-
grams were sent to Stalin and Chervenkov on the occasion.
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TRAIN SCHEDULE OF NEW RR LINE -- Sofia, Vecherni Novini, 6 Sep 52
The Glavnoto upravlenie na zheleznitsite (Main Railroad Administration)
reports that the new Dolno Kamartsi-Klisura railroad line viii be in operation
as of 7 September 1952. The following passenger trains will travel on this
line: Train No 2802 will leave Sofia at 0810 hours and arrive in Karlovo at
1345 hours; there it will connect with train No 4201, which goes to Plovdiv,
and train No 4204, which goes to Sliven and Burgas.
Train No 2806 will leave Sofia at 1530 hours and arrive In Karlovo at 2036
hours; there it will connect with train No 4203, which goes to Plovdiv, and
train No 4206, which goes to Kazanluk.
Train No 2803 will leave Karlovo at 0236 hours and arrive in Sofia at 0858
hours; there it will connect with train No 602, which goes to Kyustendil.
Train No 2805 will leave Karlovo at 1627 hours and arrive in Sofia at 2216
hours; it will connect In Ilieatsi with train No 204, which goes to Stalin, and
with train No 706, which goes to Vidin; in Sofia it will connect with train
No 506, which goes to General Todorov.
SUCCESSES OF BULGARIAN RAILROADS -- Sofia, Vecherni Novini, 2 Aug 52
During the first half of 1952, about 2 million tons of freight above the
norm have been transported in Bulgaria, and thus a saving of over 5,300,000
leva was effected. During the same period, 7,284 freight trains have trans..
ported 1,910,125 tons of freight above the norm, while during all of 1951,
10,713 freight trains have transported 5nlp 2,112,612 tons of freight above
the norm.
The turnaround time of railroad cars was diminished from 118 hours in 1949
to 87 hours during the first half of 1952. The average 24-hour run of locomo-
tives increased from 127 kilometers fin 19427 to 238.58 kilometers Turing the
first half of 1957.
A ferry over the Danube will connect the railroad stations of Vidin (Bul-
garia) and Calafat (Rumania).
UAT TO STREAMLINE OPERATIONS -- Sofia, Vecherni Novini, 8 Aug 52 Imitat
ng the tion) beeganito exploitSovietsits~thetrucksUAT fh-avingtthhem for
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of the trip. During January and February 1952, 187 trucks -egan to operate
according to the new method. The Sofia branch of UAT has 31 trucks operatin
in this way, the Plovdiv branch 20, and the Pazardzhik branch 10. Accord In-' to
the new method, two drivers are assigned to each truck. During one mont.
Driver Stefan Krostev drove 300 work-hours and received over 920 leva per ,-? ;t?
in salary.
LAZAROVO SECTION OF HIGHWAY PAVED -- Sofia, Rabotnichesko Delo, 18 Jul 52
The highway has been paved in Lazarovo, Byata Slatina Okoliya, thus link-
ing the village to Cherven Bryag and Oryakhovo. The 1,800-meter section was
paved in 2 days. Organized by the women's section of the Fatherlard Front,
600 women took part in the work.
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