INLAND WATER TRANSPORT ON THE ODER RIVER

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 11, 2007
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: July 26, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Poland REPORTI
SUBJECT Inland Water Transport on the Oder DATE DISTR.
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26 July 1955
1, Throo oompanioo are ongagod in inland water transport on the Odor River. They
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a, The Polish Zogluga na Odrzo which operates between Kozlo (Coabl) and
Szczecin (Stettin), 25X1
b. The Czech shipping companyl which operates on the same route,
c, The East, German shipping companyy2 which pltoa between Fuerstenberg, near
the mouth of the Neisse, and Szczecin, 25X1
All three companies are expanding, The Zegluga na Ordze owns at present
about 1,000 barges and between 150 and 180 tugs, There are, in addition,
barges propelled by Diesel engines with a tonnage of'800 to 1,000,
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3, The harbor at Kozle is, the assembly point for the Polish barges. From
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up to 200 tons,
Kozle farther upstream there is a traffic of small barges..
The cargoes of the small barges are discharged at Kozle, reloaded on large
barges, and. taken to Szczecin. Four''fifths.,of the total cargo is coal which is
the chief commodity handled.
When the water level in the Oder and in the canals connected with it. is
higher, the larger'barges are frequently towed from Szczecin to Gliwice
(Gleiwitz) with a cargo of iron ore and then returned with a cargo of.,coal.
.5, The average load downstream from Silesia to Szczecin is up to five barges,
totalling 4,500 tons- the average load upstream is up to four'barges,
6, Other than the coal and iron ore cargoes, transport is provided for machinery,
,ar - l_fer,tilizer, for example from the factory in Kedzierzyn, phosphates,
and cereals.
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7. The stretch of river between Krosno (Krossen) and Widuchowa (Fiddichow) which
forms the Polish-German frontier is controlled by the WOP and customs officials.
Cameras are sealed and their use forbidden. Polish ships are not allowed to sail
on the westaside,..of the river nor East German ships on the east. Czech ships
are under Polish controls and sail on the east side.
8. Crews for the tugs and barges are selected with special care; a candidate is
not chosen if he has relatives in the West. "Relatives" include American
citizens whose ancestors were Polish nationals two geierations ago.
9. The river fleet is largely. composed of former German barges and t s. New
barges are of Polish origin and most of them are built in Wroclaw Breslau
Others are built in Kozle.', New tugs have been imports
and more are expected.
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1. Czechoslovak Elbe-Oder Navigation Company (CSPIO).
2. Deutsche Schiffahrts-u. Umschlagsbetriebszentale (DSU).
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