USSR WATER TRANSPORT RESULTS FOR 1953: PLANS FOR 1954

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS
COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT Economic; Transportation - Water
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PUBLISHED Daily newspaper; weekly, monthly
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PUBLISHED USSR
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f UBLISHED 28 Nov 1953-29 Mar 1954
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USSR WATER TRANSPORT RESULTS FOR iy?%? PLANS FOR 1954
WATER TRANSPORT PLANTS FOR 1954 -- Moscow, Morskoy i Rechnoy Flot, Nu 2, Feb 54
In 1954, the amount of freight carried by t2,e maritime and river fleets will
be increased by 9.3 percent in toffs and 11.1 percent in ton-kilometers over 1953
levels. Freight turnover ir. the river fleet is to increase by 11.5 percent in
'954 and in the maritime fleet, by 12.3 percent.
The Pechora, Volga-Don, and Lena steamship lines will play an important role
in freight transport during 1954. Of special importance is the expected increase
in freight shipment in the maritime steamship companies of the Far East.
The 1954 plan includes a considerable increase in consumer goads shipments,
which will place increased demands on the small-tonnage fleet.
Combined rail-we.ter shipments are to be increased 13.6 percent over the
1953 level.
Hydroelectric pro,Jects on the Volga, Kama, and other rivers will change
navigation conditions and make it possible for workers un these rivers to in-
crease the volume of water transport.
During 1954, the industrles of the Ministry of Msritime and River Fleet
will build new 'ypes of ships for the transport of consumer goods. Small-ton-
nage self-propelled barges are being built for the first time with dead-weight
tonnages from 60 to 400 tons. In order to increase passenger service three
times over 1953 levels, the production of passenger landing stages is being
increased so that passengers may be handled at more river points.
Toning by the barge-pushing method is to double during 1954.
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Loading and unloading operations are to increase 8.4 percent in 1954 as the
quantity of mechanical cargo handling equipment is increased at ports and wharves.
At present, 92.6 percent of all cargo is mechanically handled in ti,e ministry as
a whole: 91.1 percent in river ports,?and 94 percent in maritime ports.
In 1954 as compared to 1953, the industrial enterprises of the ministry are
to increase their gross production by 10.5 percent, shipbuilding and ship repair
enterprises, by 7.9 percent, and lumbering enterprises, by 62.3 percent.
In 1954, the cost of river transport is to be lowered an average of 8 per-
cent, the cost of working cargo in river ports, 7 percent, and the cost of mari-
time transport and maritime pore cargo working, 7 percent.
The Ministry of Maritime and River Fleet la studying measures to increase
the shipment of freight to kolkhozes, sovkhozes, and MTS in the area of the Volga,
Kama, Oka, Vyatka, Vetluga, and other rivers of the central basin.
More than 100 additional ships will be assigned to the steamship lines of
the Volga-Kama basin in 1954, a significant part of them for navigation on shal-
low rivers.
Over 90 new shipping points will be equipped, and numerous new cargo-pasaen-
ger lines will be opened connecting such points ao Kuybyshev and Saratov, Astra-
khan'and ;.Solotov, and Bannovka and Ilovatka.
In order to improve the service to kolkhozes in the '1'at~rskaya ASSR and in
Molotovakaya Oblast, the number of trips will be increased on the Molotov-Yelovo
and Kazan'-Tikhiye Gory lines.
The total shipment of agricultural products, machinery, i'ertiiizer, and
consumer goods is to increase in the Volga-Kama basin by 35-~+0 percent Sn com-
parison with past navigation seasons.
USSR PRODUCES NEW SKIPS AND WATER TRANSPORT FACILITIES -- Vil'nyus, Sovetskaya
Litva, 9 Jan 54
The ship repair yards of the Volga Freigt:t and 1'asse.~ger Steamship Line are
beginning construction of a fleet of small diesel vessels to carry consumer goods
on shallow rivers.
Construction of a fleet of passenger cutters 1'or service on the small rivers
of the Udmurtskaya ASSR and on the Ural Rimier is continuing.
During 1953, the river fleet received 20 mill: carriers, 7 of which will
operate with the MJ6COw-Oka Steamship Line transporting milk from Moskovskaya
and Ryaasnskaya oblasts.
Vil'nyus, Sovetskaya Litva, 20 Dec 53
In 1949, the Kaunas Ship Repair Yard (Neman River Steamship Lin=) began
production of the first 150-horsepower diesel tugs with a shallox draft. These
vessels were eventually put into series production and, after certain modifi-
cations, have proved very successful.
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In 194y, the yard began production oi' Moskvish-type passenger ships and,
by 1952, the Pleman Steamship Line hat eight of these vessels.
The government of the Lithuanian SSA put before the steamship line the task
of building a ship similar to the Moskvich type but more suitable for shallox-
water operations. On 1 May 1953, the Kaunas Ship Repair Yard launched two shal-
low-draft passenger vessels in accordance xith the specifications of the govern-
rtn_nt. The work of these diesel ships on the Vil'nyus-VerP.i line during the 1953
navigation season testii'ies to their effectiveness.
The yard is producing similar vessels and, in ).954, six or seven diesel
vecaels of this type wi:l be operating in tt:e Neman basin. This means that
passenger lines can be opened from Kaunas to Alitus, Kaunas to Prenay, and else-
where. Ships of this type are also being produced by the Sukhona Steamship Line
at Vologda, by the D,~epr Steamship Line at Kiev, and by others.
The Kaunas yard is now building a steam passenger vessel. The ship will
have first- and second-class cabins, a salon, a dining room, showers, and other
facilities for passengers. A powerful dredge has been built for fairway improve-
ment, and floating cranes are being built to speed up cargo-working operations.
Vil'nyus, Sovetskaya Litva, 17 Dec 53
The $atumi Ship Repair Yard has begun production of comfortable passenger
cutters. Each of these craft has accommodations for 80 passengers and leas two
salons and a buffet. The 'lulls have already been completed for five ships,
which are to serve on Black Sea resort excursion lines.
Tbilisi, Zarya Vostolsa, 17 Dec 5j
The Strel'ninskrya Shipyard in Leningra3 t;as picneered in the construction
of ships with bakellte-wood veneer. Tfie ;;and is building_ii'eboats, pilot boats,
and sea-going tugs with ttas material. Series aroductiun of tY:e pilot boats is
being started.
Moscowy Pravda, 29 Mar 54
Heavy construction work is being carried. out aloof, the Lena River at the
port of Osetrovo. A considerable nixmber oi' port facilities and warehouses have
already been built, and equipment is now bein; installed.
pima-Ata, Kazakhstanskaya Pravda, 12 Dec 53
The Ural Steamship Line has received a powerful, new suction dredge. It
will be used primarily to deepen the channel between Ural'sk and Inder, a dis-
tance of 527 kilometers.
Petroaavodsk, Leninskoye Znamya, 13 Dec 53
Trial: have been pompleted on a new motor fishing boat desilmed for coastal
fishing.
The vessel is a lister type [concave, plow-shaped bow] with a 40-horsepower
engine which powers it at 14 kilometers per hour. The net spreading and recovery
gear and the cargo hold are in the stern of the ship, the engine room and the
wheelhouse are amidships, and the heateE crew's quarters are in the bow.
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A steel ice ,jacket on the bow makes it possible i'or the ship to sail through
ice in early spring and in autumn,
Kishinev, Sovetskaya Moldaviya, 31 Dec 53
L.G. Sokolov and I.I. Kurayeti, candidates for degrees at the Leningrad Insti-
tute of Water Transport Engineering, are working c,n the design for a epeciai t;;,u?-
ist steamer. The r,ew ship is to be fast and easy handling, with accommodations
for 300-400 tourists. It is e;cpected that such skips for tourists will operate
on the Leningrad-Petro:nvodsk and Leningrad-Baltic seashore routes.
Moscow, Ogonek, P!o 2, Jan 54
The diesel-electric icebreaker Kapitan Belousov, recently launched in Hel-
sinki, has a length of 83.16 meters, abeam of 19.4 rceters, a 5,3o'0-ton displace-
ment, a 10,500-horsepower propulsion engine, and a top speed of 16.5 knots.
Tallin, Sovetskaya Estoniye, 28 Nov 53
The Estonian fishing fleet has added four new trawlers. These ships are
designed for use in waters 4C and more meters deep, and their high stability
allows them to carry on i'ishing operations in heavy seas. The ships are powered
by liesel engines and have considerable speed and maneuverability. They arc
equipped with the latest navigational and steering apparatus, The trawl is
raised and lowered by n diesel-powered winch.
Fetrozavodsk, Leninskoye Znan{ya, 1~ Jan 54
Three new electric portal cranes hav^ been installed ir. the port at Kras-
novodsk.
aHIP REPAIR AND INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES -- Riga govetskayn Lntviya, 3 Jnn 54
Machine BulldingnPlanrtefMihistryPofn}.}flr~tA~ and RivernFleetrtreports thatRa~l
shops of the plant are introducing new methods of work. Especially active in
this process are the metal working shop, the assembly shop, and the foundry.
Moscow, Komsomol'skaya Pravda, 30 Dec 53
The workers of the river port at Gor'kiy arc working to complete repairs
on the floating crane Leningrad.
Petrozavodsk, Leninskoye Znamyu, 5 Jan 54
The river workers at the Petrozavodsk wharf are repairing ships this year
without the aid of shipyards. Of 3C ships they are repairing, 15 have already
been completed.
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Moscow, Vechernyaya Moskva, 14 Jan 54
The Khlebnikovo Ship Repair Shops of the Aloccow-Volga Steamship Line have
grown with the increase in traffic on the Canal imeni Moskva. The fuel systems
are produced in the shops i'or use in internal combustion engines throughout the
country.
The shops have been carrying out current and capital repairs on river passen-
ger vessels for several years. Accordingly, the shops have been redesignated as
the Khlebnikovo Ship Repair Yard by order of the Ministry of Maritime and River
Fleet.
Alma-Ate, Kazakhstanskaya Pravda, to Jan 54
The Aral'sk Ship Repair Yard is becoming experienced in the preparation of
bimetallic parts. Heated cast-iron or steel parts are placed on a special mn-
cYdne which rotate^, hem at high speed. TY.e combination of centrifugal force and
heat fusee a coating of applied Sronze to the pert.
The parts are as durable as bronze and have equal operational qualities,
and the process allows the yard to save considerable quantities of nonferrous
metals. As a result of this and other new processes, the yard was able to save
about X0,000 rubles during 1953?
Riga, Sovetskaya Latviya, 20 Jan 54
The workers at the Yelgava Shin Repair Shops are preparing vessels for navi-
gation in the coming season.
Eight of the ships located at the shops are being repaired by their oxn
crews, while the shop workers are repairing the ^ss,enger ships S/S Vents and
the tug Yurniyeks. -
Leningrad, Leninqradskaya Pravda; 2y Dec ;:~
The industrial enterprises of the river fleet are completing preparations
for the 1954 navigation season as quickly as possible.
The ship repair shops of Leningrad river port 'nave completed work on the
S/u Sotsialism, S/S BobruysY., and S/S Kolyau. T!:e shops have, in addition,
accepted the S%S Pechora for repairs.
Frwize, Sovetskaya Kirgiziya, 2j Jan 54
The Shatilkovskiy Shipynrd plays an important role ir, the econon~ of the
Ukraine. The yard has produced six. two-story landing stages, which are located
at passenger stations in Kiev, acrd Y;as sent a sinclar one to Kaki:ovka. During
the past few years, the yard has produced dozens of shins for service in the
Ukraine.
VESSEL LOCATIONS AND TRAFFIC -- Yellin, Sovetskaya E.-toriya, 18 Dec 53
During 1953, a diesel icebreaker oi' original design, the Ivan Vazov, has
been operatii:g on the TsimlyansY.aya Reservoir. During the navigation season,
the ship was used for towing heavy timber rafts and barges. Navigation on the
Volga-Don Canal ended some time ago, but the Ivan Vazov continues to sail through
heavy ice on the reservoir.
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Klehinev, Sovetskaya Moldaviya, 31 t:c 53
Passenger vessels (including the M/V Ukraine) are continuing to operate
during the winter on the Odessa-Batumi line. The ships are spending a longer
time in each port (Sukhumi, Sochi, Tvapse, and ochPrs) so that passengers may
have an opportunity to visit these cities.
Moarow, Krasnaya Zvezda, 17 Feb 54
Two ships of the Kamchatka-Chukotsk Steamship Company, the Aral'sk and the
Biagoveshchensk, sailer; from Odessa early in January for Kamchatka.
Tashkent, Pravda Vostoka, 16 Jan 54
The S/S Lomonosov, S/S Chitalov, and M/V Kutuzov are sailing on the Amu?
Dar ya River delivering freight to kolkhoze; ?nd Mi'S in Tadzhikistan.
Moscox, Vodnyy Transport, 16 Jan 54
The M/V Ukraine, operating on the Crimea-Caucasus passenger line, made one
of the first voyages of 1954 on the Black Sea.
Many ships from the Northern Steamship Company are operating in ice-free
areas such as the Black and Baltic ~;as during tc~e winter. Among them are the
S/S Molotov, S/S Vytegra, SjS Sergey Kirov, and SjS Pravda.
Moscow, Vodny Transport, 4 Feb 51}
The dredges Sormovskiy-2, SormovsY.iy-l, Severc-DvinsY_iy No 26 are operating
with the Kotlass Technical Sectiun of the Northern Basin Route Administration.
Moscv~, Vodnyy Transport, 6 Feb 54
The icebreaker I. Stalin is operating In Far Eastern waters.
Moscow, Pravda, 13 Mar 54
The cargo-passenger ship S/S Yakutiya is underway from Korsakov (Sakhalin)
to Vladivostok.
Yerevan, Kommunist, 27 Dec 53
The S/S Ivan Polzunov recently delivered 5,000 cubic meters of construction
timber to Izmail frog Arkhangelsk.
SOVIET VESSELS IN FOREIGN WATER -- Moscow, Vodnyy Transport, 6 Feb 54
The M/V Akademik Krylov of the Baltic Steamship Company sailed from its
home port, Leningrad, on 19 January 1952 and has not yet returned. During the
past 2 years, the ship has sailed over 70,000 miles through the Indian and
Atlantic oceans and the Black and Mediterranean seas. On its last trip, the
ship brought consumer Goods from Tsingtao to Norvorossiysk.
On 30 January?the tanker +/olga-Doti reached the whalit;g flotilla Slavs in
the antarctic at latitude 50 south.
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The M/V Apsheron has arrived in Argentina. At its first stop San Martin,
visitors were allowed to visit the ship, and the ship's crew visited the Soviet
Citizens' Club in Rosario.
Moscow, Vodnyy Transport, 16 Jan 54
In accordance with the recent trade agreement between the USSR and Argen-
tina, the M/V Apsheron recently sail?d from Ventspils for South America to visit
Santa Fe and other ports.
The S/S Omsk is returning to the USSR after a voyage to Italy, which included
stops at lfaples and Genoa.
Moscow, Dioskovskaya Pravda, 25 Dec 53
The tanker Tuapse radioed from Antarctica that it rendezvoused with the
whaling flotilla Slavs in antarctic waters on the night of 21-22 December. The
tanker transferred thousands of tons of fuel, food, equipment, books, mail, etc.,
to the flotilla's processing shin.
SOVIET FISHING FLEET ACTIVITIES -- Riga, Sovetskaya Latviya, 8 Jan 54
The motorized fishing stations of Pri~ror'ye are increasing the size of
their fishing fleets by the addition of all-metal, ocean-going seiners. These
ships are highly stable craft and have a long cruising range.
Each vessel is equipped with radio, electric lighting systems, and mechani-
cal gear for handling the bottom seines and nets.
The Far Eastern crabbing fleet has begun operations. The crab-processing
ships Anastas Mikoyan, Menzk~inskiy, and Vsevolod Sibirtsev nave all put to sea.
'Phe Anastas Mikoyan, which dropped its traps off the Sakhalin coast, re-
ported that 250 cases (yashchik) oi' crabs were processed the first day and 304
cases, the second day.
Moscow, Vodnyy Transport, 19 Dec 53
?The Mar,galiyskaya Skiipyard of Glavlatrybprom (Main Administration of the
;Latvian Fishing Industry) is one of the newest and rrost rapidly expanding enter-
prises of the Baltic area. The yard is now completing the final three seagoing
motorboats of their 1953 plan. These boats will be used by the Mersragskaya
Motorized Fishing Ststion.
ADMINISTRATION OF STEAMSHIP LINES -- Moscow, Moskovskaya Pravda, 15 Dec 53
"MOSRECHTEK," the Moscow freight transport and forwarding office of the
Moscow-Volga Steamship Line, is concluding 1954 contracts for river shipments
of express freight from Moscow's north, south, and west ports to all ports and
stations on the Mosco.., Kama, Belaya, Vyatka, Neva, Sheksna,Oka, and Volga
rivers and on the Moscow and Volga-Don canals.
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These contracts provide that dispatched freight will be deliveted to the
port of departure and from the port of receipt to the client's warehouse by
trucks of "MOSRECRTEK."
Address s11 inquiries to Moscow, Leningradskoye Shosse 1/3? -- Advertise-
Moscow, Sovetskiy Sport, 30 Tan 54
The headquarters of the Volga Freight Steamship Line are located in Kuy-
byshev on the banks oi' the Volga and SaLnra rivers.
Moscow, Vodnyy Transport, 26 Jan 54
B. Khabur k,as been named as a deputy chief of the Far 'astern Steamship
Company.
Moseow, Krasnnya Zvezda, 27 Jan 54
Makarenko (fnu) has been named chief of the Far Eastern Steamship Company,
and Dudorov (fnu) hus been named chief of the political section of the company.
Moscow, Morskoy i Rechnoy F1ot, No 1, Jan 54
? Fedotov (fpu) i.s now chief of Glavawrrechprom (Main Administration of Mari-
time and River Shipbuilding).
1953 PLAN ?FULFILIa7Et'T -' Riga, Sovetskaya Latviyu, 15 J~ec 53
The whaling flotilla Aleut, now at Vladi.vo~tok, fulfilled its 1953 Plan by
1~7 percent, returning 10 million rubles' profit above the plan.
Kiev, Pravda Ukrainy, 7 Jan 54
The Danube Steamship Company fulfille3 the 1953 navigation8l plan, saved
1,527. tons of fuel, and 39,309 kilograss of lubricating oil. The plan for low-
ering the~.cost of transport was more than fulfilled, resulting in a saving of
3.3 million rubles.
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Moscow, Vodnyy Transport, 31 Dec 53
The Yenisey Steamship Line has fulfilled the 1953 transport plan, exceeding
the plan for transport of consumer goods.
. ..In 1954, many new passenger landing stages ?.rill be built alcng the Yenisey
River, so that every river station will have one
PERSONNEL PAY AND TRAINING -- Moscow, Vodnyy Transport, 30 Jan 54
.~ In 1953, the worY.ers of the Northern Maritime Steamship Company were paid
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At the end of February 1954, the Leningrad Institute of Water Transport
Engineering will graduate ship construction engineers for the first time.
Moscow, Vodnyy Transport, 23 Jan 54
The Moscow River Technical Institute has graduated about 1,500 sl~cialists
during its 20 years of operation.
Moscow, Vodnyy Transport, 26 Jan 54
During its 10 years of operation, the Zhdanov Marine School has gradusted
about 2,000 seamen, firemen, engineeen, and s~schinists.
TRAFFIC VOLUME INCREASES -- Petrozavodsk, Leninskoye Znartpra, 13 Jan 54
By 1 April 1954, 1 1/2 million tons of ocean-going freight will be delivered
above the amount delivered by 1 April 1953.
Moscow, Vodnyy Transport, 4 Feb 54
The following figures indicate the growth of barge pushing in the USSR:
1951 -- 48 test voyages
1952 -- 864 voyages
1953 -- 3,723 voyages
PERFORMANCE OF TRC id/V DMTTRIY DONSKOY -- Moscow, Vodnvy Transport, 11 Feb 54
The M/V Dmitriy Donskoy reports that on 10 January, while at sea, it. was
sailing at 11.2 knots, and its engine operated at 4,269 indicated 'Horsepower
and 96 revolutions per minute. The vessel was burning 15.2 tons of fuel per
24 hours during this period. The maximum power of the ship's propulsion engine
ie 5,000 horsepower.
PORT FAQILITIES AT KLAYPEDA -- Vil'nyus, Sovetskaya Litva, 15 Dec 53
Ninety percent of the cargo passing through the maritime port of Klsypeda
is handled by mechanical equipment. This fact, plus the efforts of the port
workers, allcws cargo to be handled very rapidly. For axample, 4,000 cubic
meters of timber is unloaded in 42-44 hours as compared to the norm of o8 hours.
ICE FORMS IN ODESSA -- Kiev, Pravda Ukrainy, 13 Jan 54
For the first time since 1950, ice has formed ici the harbor of Odessa.
Ships have been moving in and oiit of the port with the aid of icebreakers of
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