MODIFICATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM FOR SEAFARING SHIPS

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
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• Publication Date: August 6, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION SECRET
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CENTRAL &N L'LiGEN1CE AC NCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT r.Rodifications of the Construction Program
for Seafaring Ships
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THIS DOCUHENT CONTAIRS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
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The buildi: program for. sea ;oing ships vras changed fo1-lovjii a decree
by the 'joviet Zone Govorn rit, The followin vosools troro henceforth
to be built from 1952 to 1955 under the Fivc6}ear--Flan: 20 motor
coasters, each of 350 L type I merchant ships each of 1,100 G1?T,
8 type II A nerchont ships each of 2,700 ;RT, it ape IV merchant ships
each of b,500 GI T, and another 30 motor coasters each of 2000 G1ZT5
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Careful investigation of the economic and traffic situations showed that
the tc,Tpes of vessels which have been included in thb shipbuilding program
for seal oink; ships do not meet the rec;uiror nts which our foreign trade
expects of our seagoing :_:crchant fleet.
In order to facet the so der;wands, it was necessary to amend the original
building program both as to the numbers of ships to be built and their
types.
As a result, the uovernr.aent of the Deutsche Demokratische epublik (Gorman
Democratic republic) (DLFF) issued the following, decree:
L The : ain Administration for Ohipbuilding -r the ; :nistr;r for 'Lachine
Construction ordered the subordinate shipyards to build the followin.
seagoing ships under the l'ive_Fear Plan beginning in 1952;
1`YPe of Thirfoer
Ship of ;;hips
U KT per
ship
Deadweight
Capacit;- Tons
Total :)rosy
Tonnage
Total dead
~.ei~?ht capa-
....~
per f~hi
(CMT~
cit:;- in tons
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;rotor
coaster sic)
20
350
550
7,000
11,000
type I
4
1,100
1,300
1a,400
5,, 200
type Ilaaa
a
2,700
5,000
21,600
140,000
t i?e IV
It
69500
9,550
26,000
33,200
36
59,000
94,9400
and. ?
350
6, 000
10,500
The rotor eaa!3ters, (fit which arc for inlard n rid seagoing traffic will be
built in the inlar>ci ship thres of the :'.Fain dminis tration for zfaipr- xild crag
of the, ? inistry? for Lachine Construction.
The constructional devclopr:ent of a ship for the Far ';ast tr;ide with a
deadweight capacity of about 13,000 to 1),000 tons deadweight and a
registered gross tonna e of about 7,00() to 7,500 Olt will be corpleted
by the and of the Vivo-:Ycar Plan by the :'entrnle :3chaiffbau-, :sor.struktibns?
and a'rolel tbuero des :iochseoscbiffbaauos (Oh p'aui~ c'.ing, .ship Design and
;'roject (.ffice fear the Co!istruction of Oeagoing :)hips).
3. In addition to beginning the construction of types I through IV in the
coasts). cbipyards, which was planned under ._..the national econo- is plan for
1952, t fe construction of riotoi coasters {-, e:1) of about 550 tons deadweight and
350 r:T was to be started in 1952
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~a $ The A rectorate seneral, Shipping, takes over the ships from the
shipyards through its shipping corporation at world market prices. The
difference of the ship prices exceeding the trorld c arket prices during
the initial period at the shipyards, i-ri.l1 be paid by the E inistry of
Finance directly to the : h ipyard? The world market price will be
determined by the :.ain L-epartmont for Prices of the Liinistry of Finance
as had already been done with acceptance prices for types I and IV0
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The sea ' traffic in 1,052 is expected to be about 4.5 million tans; there-
.ford a total of 100,000 :M T would be needed this -,mar to uaintain a ~,O to 50
percent ratio of vessel of our own flag.
}pecifically, the traffic plan 13 as follows:
Uountr.,
incm'ii L 011t' j nom,
TIn;a4ioJ ,
561,00o tons 465,000 tons
-1?.iar is 7, 000 " 3, 000 It
China 150,000 " 68,000
Finland U"0000 130,9000 The A'etherlends, :3ol_;iuxt, r'rance 256.9000 " 53,000 it
"nrt'z Vrica 1004000
Denmark, Ji.ederi, orviay 137 p 000 " 1,143, 000
(:ther capitalistic countries 202;000 " 1,O43,000
1,':57v0OO tons 2,920,000 tons
` kic U N a:i holds first place in nariti :ie tra~ftic; a distinction is to be
made between the alti.e :oa, the black ca, the ?.37ite :~eagand the lactic ioa,
`T e cargo situation of al). foreign trade is as follows:
.?altic Sea.
.he principal cargo for the UPS Qi , L, finished f;oods, :lanoly machinery, r,- xed.
car o, chemicals, and cement and sugar, lncornini; cargo ircluded Crain, lumbers
and nixed cargov ''hipnents of mass production goods are characteristic of the
traffic irltl- the Scandinavian countries in both directions.
"lack )ea0
xcopt for a Levi grain carriers, traffic with the lack as ports has not been
ver; ir,portant until nor:..ith the expanding foreign trade resultant from the
'ivee-`=gar Pl.-an, and with the necessity of reducing ; railroad traffic, maxi-
ti :o traf fic punt be increase', particularlyr, wit. regard to grains and possibly
oresh'sn fonts from the UpJ..)Qab68 and nixed Cargo shipment , to soviet and Lul-
;arian ports,
and -rctic Sea,
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The principals 1pi: errr,s include raw phosp'latos and apatite ores fro g 4Icf7an els k
ar :lurmansl: card, at a later date, lu ber,.
orth :geae
h.ie )ri acipal shipr ents in the trace wiff: the wonelux countries nnnc! Prance are
incl de !'crtil iz'.rs, Jr 1Ljuettos and -oncral
cargo; is cord.n; shipments include supor;1iosp_late and ' homas r: al,,
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`::arr phosphate from -ortli Xilca, o ,ti :steel to be about 10?9000 tons in 1952,
is t? e rxc t important 1x port,,
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pocial attention nust be paid to the trade with China. It is known that
only a small part of the deriand for tonnage can be met by ships of friundly
nations such as Poland and the Upc,,,rca and that ?therefore, it is necessary
to charter ships of the capitalist nations. This may result in trouble.
Imports from chins in 1952 viii include: 80,000 tons of lava beansp 159000 tons
of peanuts, X0,000 tons of various commodities. shipments are bulk cargo..
Exports ?,?i.1l include mainly machinery, chemicals, bicycles, optical instruments
and similar items.
This analysis of the maritine transport plan for 1952 indicates that, as
rsenticnec at the beginning, there is already a demand for a tonnage of about
100,000 GTR which is on the increase as a result of the development of foreign
trade under the Five=wear Plan. The latter will nearly duplicate the previous
trade volurie. The considerations concerning the various goods -All also apply
in coming years, since there will be no fundat ontal change of the general
character of exports and it::ports, except for Vic develop;: ent of We construc-
tion of hcav?r =,iachinorj. In the future, . bulk exports will include onl1l ferti-
lizers, salts, co-;Ont., sugar and other valuable industrial products. iported
commodities will --till include grain,, apatite ores, 1u. suer, soya beans and other
raw -i"sater; al and semi-finished rgoods, plus general car; o,
The so-called olciDher;l.in Pro, am11 had been prepared by engineers or-.Z.- without
t ho advice of traffic e rperts and traffic e onomists,. i,n appropriate
e = : ~a~tio ie now `"gaff esearch -'action at the tiesoarch Institute of
~h `" 'ndi s~ that ri a is nreucznt form tip is grogram e not suited to
provide -the futtire tyatij oxuiL*Sea Shy p.,ping 'O'ipany; with +ha shins capable'
a able of
meet1na the requirements of the foreign trade of tho'
he Ur.utsche I1a, of ::atische
hhonublik (Gerr_ian De:.ocratic republic) (D:11) and would not guarantee a sound
operation of the ,dationaloea Shipping Cor.,pan-r0
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