RUMANIAN SHIPPING; RECONSTRUCTION OF PORT FACILITIES

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• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 14, 2013
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: June 26, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Rumania
SUBJECT
PLACE
ACQUIRED
.DATE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF INF
Rumanian Shipping; Reconstruction of
Port Facilities
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL -:-E
i THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEAN INO DF TITLE IS, SECTION793
ASS 794, OF THE U.N. CODE. AS AME NDE O. IHE TRAM 9HISS ION OR RE IS
CATION 0 ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT ST AN UNAUTHOR IDEA PERSONS IS
PROHIBITED LAM. THE REPRODUCTION CF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
DATE DISTR.- Jun 52
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there were fewer vessels in the Rumanian river shipping 50X1
fleet 1951 than before the war. The Soviets
took a number of ships and gave Rumania a few old vessels such 50X1
as the Plekhanov and the Engels. There were 30 tugs, belonging
to Sovromtransport, working on the Danube from Sulina to Vienna.
Two of these were 1200 HP2 eight 800 HP and the rest 600 and
100 HP, In 1951, 20 of these tugs were engaged in traffic;
there were always 10 in repair or maintenance status. The 1200
HP tugs were able to tow upstream six loaded barges; (each with
a capacity of about 80 tons or 80 railcars; which)., 50X1
and 10 loaded barges downstream. The 800 kir tugs were a e to
pull upstream four loaded barges (of the same capacity as
those mentioned above), and six barges downstream. These tugs
had crews of 20 men each. The 100 HP tugs were able to tow
two loaded barges upstream, and the same number downstream. 50X1
There were also barges of greater and less capacity than aa8011.
After World War II, the only port facilities repaired in
Galati were those of 5ovromtransport. The other physical
facilities were left as they were. The facilities repaired
included the building which formerly housed the Fluvial Navi-
gation Headquarters (Palatul Navigatiei Fluviale Romane - NFR)
located on 11th June (formerly Portului) Street, within the
harbor area. This building, after the damaged roof. was repaired.,
was used by the Sovrom administration and the Harbor Master's
office. certain damaged buildings in the former
Galati naval shipyards ("Santierele Navale Galati" m SNG)
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were repaired and the shipyard th4n used by the Sovrom.
other facilities used by the Sovrom such as docks, berths, etc,
were repaired to the extent necessary to permit Sovrom and SDGP
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(which used the Sovrom facilities). to function. in the 50X1
harbor area, cranes were damaged and left-Xn a state o dis- 50X1
repair. Those port facilities which have been repaired are in good
condition,, but not as many facilities exist as before the war.
Regarding the channel cleared in the Danube, the
river has been cleared from the Black Sea to Szob 117 9H-l - 3E .
it is probable that the section. row SLOB to Vienna was also cleared.
the channel clearing`operations began in 1946 along the
a jairth'of the river. Each ripar; country cleared its own
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section. in Rumania the "harbors and'-water con unicationa" organ iz,-
stun ("Porturi Comunicatii pe Apa* - "A) was in charge . of the
a ems. The first phase of the op us + nsisted of removal nab
Plzen and wrecks. About 1948 the deem of the channel was ;reg-
by ving sand from the bottom.
as navigable in 1950. In 195i work started to widen and. probably'
to deepen the channel. In the Spring of 1951
the c e- wo
cleared to a greater width hat ef ore World. War, "II,e ale inavigating on
the Danube (March to dune 1951) the Danube channel
was being dredged in different spots Yugoslavia, Hungary and-
Czechoslovakia. in different spots in Yugo-
slavia,'Hungary and Czechoslovakia up to,Komarom (sic), barges full
of stones were being dropped in the river.
river for approximately a 200 in stre~cb along the river and buoys
were installed where the stones were dropped. The entire length
of the channel along the Danube was marked by red and black buoys.
The buoys lighted at night intermittently (the lights being probably
blue and yellow)-. The intervals between the buoys varied. In some
spots they may be only 50 m apart while in other places as far
apart as five km.
h. Trat#.c on the Danube is heavier than during the war, but less,
probably than before the war because there is less East-West trade,
by-loasses RUMULW.
Much of the traffic today is transit which
The 3o mtransport Danube route was divided into two sections., the
Severin -Vienna section and the lhaftn Severin-Sulina. section..
$ab sti?n was served by approximately 10 tugs. My Convoy was on
the route between Turnu Severin and Vienna. The convoy carried the
ft g types of cargo: from Vii (L?oban), gasoline,, ensue; oil,
ve>ehicl ee, and ]machinery parts for Mess ,s * Once it carried t
Austrian made autobussea for the . ftvabis ,.Black Sea Canal. Mat
f om 9 was usually either Gcrml +ea{*? *mstVooh in_. origin. The'
gasoline, engine oil and wachinerr pis (Iwpe aktr~orns) were
tined for Beni, USSR. The gasol ; rued 3n tanke>r's,
t e oil' in barrels . Some machine were for Solrrontran rt
pros tislava the convoy carried Skoda jeeps and tweaks
for Rani; from Komarno and K naroab s and bauxite for Re y d
sir cereals for Rumania and H Budapest the cofvt
low petroleum products near Cseepel 1sa49 d. There were no uhder*-
ground storage tanks, and the petro1e products were loaded into the
barge from a floating dock. The petroleum products were for Reni,
and the cereals from Budapest were either for Rumania or Reni.
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Sometimes gasoline was unloaded downstream at Almafisztes (sic).
This gasoline was to be reloaded and,taken to Reni. 50X1
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a direct pipeline leads from Almafisztes to the USSR. ergo of the vessels on the Soviet.Danube Shipping
company, and the Austrian-Soviet (DDSG) company was the same is that of the
SovrQmtransport vessels.
The Sovroratransport ocean-going vessels were the Transilvania
.(.1000 t.ons), carrying passengers and freight; the Ardeal (1000 tons)
which underwent general repairs at Constanta in 1950, carrying,both
passengers and freight; the Engels, Plekhanov, Berezina, and Dimitro#$
(all 1000 tons) which carried only freight; the Constanta, Midia,
Mangalia,,Sulina (all 800 tons) carrying freight only. The Sovrom,
a'hharbor tug at Constanta, also made the Constanta-Sulina run.
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