RIVER NAVIAGATION

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 5, 2012
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: August 6, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
INTELLIGENCE REPORT
COUNTRY Yugoslavia
SUBJECT River Navigation
ORIGIN
DIST. I August 1947
PAGES 2
SUPPLEMENT
1. In accordance with the Five Year Plan of the Yugoslav Governor ut:g river
navigation is to be increased. In this connection, the follows g root
strw tio0n and salvage necessitated by war damage is being carried outs
(a)
On the Danube: Near the mouth, of the Tisza, near
Cerevic, near the opening at Mohovo, near the mouth
of the Sava (Zen gin), and at the mouth of the Morava
(Smederevo).
(b) On the Ssv&a Salvaging and re-.estublia} ment of river
navigation on the Sfsak-Belgrade route.
There are approximately 150 river craft aich mro aunt during t ho war to be
salvageada
may
It is planned to build a canal between Podsused-Sissk in order to establish
a waterway oomm-Trdoaticra betvween Zagreb and Belgrade. By the c truction
of the Podsuned-Sisak canal., the total length of navigable water0my will be
increased by approximately 100 kilometers, i.ea from approxiamtely 2,100 to
2,200 kilo cers of which oily 1,200 kilometers is usable for night traf?.qa,
40 The river shipbuilding yards at Sisak, Ze=m, Apetin.,, Novi Sad and DoInji
Mileno'va are being enlarged and modernized.
?3,, All river ports are being enlargedo The Five Year Plan provides for an ins
crease frame" the present 6,000 maters to 12,000 motors of serviceeble . pi,cr
sides,
G Fifty river ports are being equipped with s,m and the ports of Vuka?-a.r,,
Novi Sad, Se =m, Pancevo and Smdorevo will be equipped with silos0
The river and lake transport totals at present approximately 6,000 horse-
power of paasenger boats, 29,000 horesepower of tugs and 2506000 tons of river
barges.
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8. The naval technical department disposes of abet-I; 12 dredgers and a
total of approximately 400 tons of lifts and fbating cranes.
g. . A few passenger boats, about 120 barges and l tugs are under con-
struction.
10. Repairs are carried out rapidly by the river naval technical depart-
ment, and the dockyards are working day and night in three shifts.
11. At the beginning of June the Bo jana River near Lake Scutari was being
dredged up to the mouth of the river on the Adriatic. Navigation is
to be effected by the Bojana from Lake Soutari up to the Sea. In this
connection the shipping workshops are boin enlarged. Also on Lake
Ohrid, three ports are under oonstructiono
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