HARBOR INSTALLATIONS IN DURRES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A050700450001-9
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 20, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 21, 1959
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT
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SUBJECT Harbor InstJIl: t cLs in D~.r?res
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the small wooden ahed a small shipyard ~eketch :stem :Io 8) with slip (item
:Io 9) for ships of up to 300 tons was located. A motor coaster of
approximately 250 tons lay on slip at the shipyard which had a 150neter
long wooden pier (item PIo 10)e Several small wooden and brick buildings
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were Russians, while the other officials apparently were i l1x nicnss. The
clearance orocedure was the same as that in Soviet ports. The 'breadth of
the entrance between the moles was approximately 80 meters,, the depth of
the water in the harbor as indicated by soundings was 6 meters on averaf_e.
2. The quay walls were made of granite blocks,, and at the northern end of
the quay installation where the quay wall projected about 15 motors, the
water was little less than 20 feet. (See item 1 in Lvailah7.A
were 4 x 3 modern looting cranes with 5-ton lifting capacity (set
items 2 and 3). The cranes were probably of Czech origin,, They had
electric drive and were mounted on gliding rails; perfomicuca was good.
A floating crane of 100-ton lifting capacity was moored to a small
bride (see item ? it had self- sign,
the operating personnel were 4-bissians0 Three berthing
p ces or steamships of approximately 49000 tons were available at the 50X1-HUM
southern quay. The only warehouse (see item 5) in the harbor took
almost the whole length of the southern quay; it was a two'story9 brick
building with reap and railroad sidings on either side,, The cranes uidioaded
over this ramp,, Along the northern quay only open storage sites were
available; piece goods more sometimes also dumped in the open,, lrbor
authorities, customs houses harbor master and broker's office were located
in a brick building (item No 6)a .weighing machine was located near item
:jo 6a. Three norml-gage railroad tracks were layed at the harbor0 The
northern bank of the harbors extending from the northern quay as far as
the moles was formed by a sloe with brushwork,,[ a quay 50X1-HUM
will presumably be built there, A small wooden s . ti the doors closed
(item Rio 7) and a wooden jetty for small ships were located there,: at of
anchoring p I on to roads southeast of ,a r y '?arbor entrances where
qusrantine records had to be clearede Only the radio room was sealede
1ponientering the harbor, the ship was boarded by passport officials
and customs police for clearance. The officers of the :)as3port office
lei (ocean going vessels were directed by pilots to an
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presumably workshops of the shipyard were seen ashore; no crane was
available. A pipe line of approximately 20 em in diameter led from the
east mole to five fuel tanks {item 11o 12) located at the foot of the
mole ashore. Two pipe connections were seen near item U. Four tanks of
about 10 x 8 meters were standing in a rows, the fifth tank was behind
the four large tanks; it had about 6 x 8 meters.
3. A brick shed (item 13) with many pipe lines and a steam boiler of a
pumping station or of a small refinery was located in the vicinity
of the tanks. A road led to the tanks. tether or not pipe lines led from
the tanks ashore could not be determined. Dollies for the mooring of ships
were seen near the pipe connection at the mole.
4. Ito military installations or guns were seen on the mole.
An old obsolete group of poles was in the center of the harbor (item 14).
Several fish cutters lay berthed near the small shipyard (item 8). They
were similar in type to the Soviet Zone cutters.
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vessel and craft. Goods transhipped from the harbor Inc uded )UA1-H UIVI
chrome nickel ore at storage site item 15; bitumen in barrels at storage
site item 16; some timber and small quantities of piece goods at storage
site item 17; purple ore at storage site item 18.."?11 machines, tractors
and trucks were of Russian Qrigin.
Only one gun with long barrel and of about 120rmm caliber (Lii ?) was observed;
it was located west of thelighthouse (item 19), on a section of the
hill with the palace (item 20) on top. Ito other military installations
mainlya port for merchant shipping rather than an important Albanian naval
harbor. The assumption is supported by the fact that no naval vessels,
berth places or supply installations for naval vessels were reported fro:u
Durres_ ;irbor; nor are the shipyard installations indicative of a naval
base. Including the reported oil depot which according to measurements must
have a capacity of approximately 2,000 to 39000 cubic meters, the total oil
capacity of Durres Harbor is now carried with 1,000 to 1,100 tons.
For sketch, see Annex.
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C The report allows the conclusion that Durres, Harbor
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