THE PORT OF BRAILA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007100060006-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 17, 2012
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: March 12, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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I~ It is not possible to give a definite statement as to the depth of rater
at Braila because the Danube giver rises and falls owing to seasonal.
changes by as much as two or three meters, The bank of the river is re~
inforced by large stones which i,n turn are supported by a series of stakes
driven into the bank three meters belowm Beyond these are fixed mooring
rafts which are linked to the top of the river bank by a hinged bridge
The angle of the br~.dgc+ is deteranined by the height of the water in the
Danubem It is never loxer than fi?~e meters
2? Under the Zee of a steep slope and on the edge of the Danube lies the
main shipyard, It. occupies one kilometer of river frontage and is three
X00 meters wide? Large lighters, tn~boats and a number of special lighters,
which are reported to be for the Russians, are built in this shipyax??d~
~~. Two of the special lighters were completed by October 1950? They were
about 500 to b00 tons and 70 to $0 meters :fin lengthen They have a very
broad beam of 15 meters, with a very shallow draught of 120 centimeterse
Several of them were obviously built as tankers, bat others were bu~.lt
tivi.th along-roofed superstructure made of corrugated irons These lighters
were observed at Budapest, Turnu Severin and Braila. A lighter was boarded
in Budapest and found to be equipped as a repair shop,
aa_; The main shi~yard undertakes repairs up to 1,500 tons and has a liftming
~,apacity of 00 tonso 1'f necessary, ships can be drawn ashorem A Russian
floating dock in midstream has a lifting capacity of 1100 to 500 tonso
5n Another shipyard was observed about-. three kilometers upstream from Braila
on the Danub?~ It was ahangar-like building with a ri~rer frontage of
J~Q to 5O meters and 100 to 120 meters long in which eight trawlers could
be built
b,; In the many bran~;hes of the Danube opposite Braila towards ',iacin, many
shit-;s were concealed during the Rarm In several places there is deep
water alongside steep cliffs overhung ~-i.th trees ideally suited for
concealment The Pda.cin branch in particular can contain the smaller ships
3,n large numbers?
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