MARITIME SHIPPING IN THE SOVIET FIFTH FIVE-YEAR PLAN; SCHEDULED SAILINGS ON BLACK SEA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000700130513-6
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• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 26, 2011
• Sequence Number: 513
• Publication Date: September 28, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CUISSIFICATI~N I'u~PRiCa,.il
ECURITY INFORt?1A7.701f
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS
COUNTRY ussR
SUBJECT Economic; Transportation -Merchant flc,et
HOW
PUBLISHED Monthly periodical
WHERE
PUBLISHED USSR
DATE
PUBLISHED Jan 1953
LANGUAGE Russian
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REPORT
CD NO.
DATE OF
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
MARITIt~ SHIPPIt7G I1J TP.r: SOVIST FIFTH FIV3-YEAR PLAN;
SCF.EDULED SATLIPJGS OII BLACK SEA
Maritime Shipping
In 1940? the maritime fle^t hauled Pour !.imee as much frt:iglrt as in
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The improve3 distribution of producti?:e Pcsce in th? USSR has caused a
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The following report presents excrrrts fmm two articles in the
Soviet periodical, t4ornkoy Flot, of January 1~>3.!
sidernble growth in the hauling oC freight. by m^riti.me :hipping in the northern
and Far Bastern basins. As a result? th^ i?velopmert of the outlying regions
of the USSR has undoubtedly been aided. During ti:e years of the five-year
plans, the participation of Soviet tonnage in hauling freight, for foreign trade
increased four fold. Soviet tonnage increaaed ~,.!: Limes betsoen lg?8 and 19110.
The composition of th^ fleet hn^ al -o .uang~~:i. The proportion of diesel ships
has increased considerably, as well as that .~C rankers, timber rhlps, ore
ships, and others. Ships with ne?.r and imnrov?? types cf engines have replenished
the maritime fleet, and the number of ships with turbin