ROSTOCK HARBOR: CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW OVERSEAS PORT AND SHIP MOVEMENTS IN 1957

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• Publication Date: May 19, 1958
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATIOLN REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL INTE1LIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Sees. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
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COUNTRY
East Germany
REPORT
SUBJECT
Rostock Harbor: Construction of the
new Overseas Port and Ship Nbvements
DATE DISTR.
19 MAY 1958
in .1957
NO. PAGES 4
REFERENCES RD
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE &
DATE ACQ.
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SOURCE EVALUATIONS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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1. Construction of the New Upberseehafen Rostock
The-Consttction-Of thene*.hat.bor'at-Petersdorf north of
ROstook Was started as shown oh-the sketch'. The'planned oil
hai;bOr aid thepianned.tank 'depot (No. .I2-and.Noe. 13 on the
sketeh)-are-to-be-bUilt.Tarther-te_the east at Breitling,
however, than appears on the sketch.
b. Eadh of thethr-66-pianned'harbor.-ba?inS is to. be 180 meters
wide and 1,100 Meters long.- A new conning-tower is being
planned in th-middle of the new harbor for harbor
administration.
o. When the:various part8 of the-harbor are completed after 1960,
all freight traffic will be handledhere. The present harbors
in Rostock and Warnemtende will be used mainly for passenger
traffic; a few mooring accommodations will be placed at the
disposal of the East German Navy, however. It is also planned
to use-Warnow-Werftts present repair and equipment harbor as
refitting station.
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nistrates the harbors in Rostock and Warnemuende and is in charge
or all shipping. The managing director is KESSLER ge.iLz ?
The technical manager is
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2. VEB
Herbert 'ABM
The following lathe turn-over in Rostock harbor from 1 January
to 31 December 1957 (including Warnemtende):
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Ships
Total arrivals; 1;083
Total departures: 4068
Arrivals,
230 ships, empty -
223 ships with 284,394 tons
82 Ships with 217;037 tont
70 Ships with 160;956 tons
96 Ships With 107,138 tons
79 ships With 59,636 -bond
84 ships With 52;674 tons
95 ships with 46,707 tons
49 ships With 3719 tons
9 ships With 10,9 3 tons
12 ships With 7;255 tOriS
12 ShipS With 4;292 'bona
11 his With 3,880 tons
2 Ships 'With 3;192 tons
16 Ships With 2;570 tons
6 ships with 1,59g tons
2 Ships with 1,23 tons
I Ship with 850 tons
1 ship With 566 tons
2 ships with 61 tons
1 ship -with 45 tons
Departures,
65 ships;-:empty.
174 ships-with76;072
105 shipswith-,60,756
,
79 ships-with-19,240
17 ships,with11,658
13 shipswith- 8,798
15 ships,T,with 6,026
7 shipsk,with- 1,228
250
1 ship' 205
1 ship . with 86
1 ship 23
tons
tons
tons
tons
tons
tons
tons'
tons
tons
tons
tons
GRT
1,,0780545
10060,751
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Net Cubic Meters
ore 'and metals
Coal
grain
wood
fertilizers
food
general cargo
paper-and cellulose
tubber
whale-oil
Seed-grain
rape seed
Cotton' -
cheMiCals
feldspar (mineral)
hides
feeds tuff
tobacco
machines
cod liver oil.
general cargo
fertilizers
soda
building materials
sugar
grain (transfer from Rostock, to-,
' -Stralsund)
Water glass and
synthetic resin
seed grain
motor vehicles
Chemicals.
1,726,974
1,697,78k
The nationality of the ships that entered Rostock harbor (lfirarne-
muende Included) from 1 January. to 31 December 1957 was the
Nationality
Soviet Union
Steamers ,
126
4 '
91
29
10
Lighters
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72
Motorships
, Total
-68 -
51
29
45
47
266
55
120
74
57
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Nationality
Steamers
Lighters
MotOrstOs.
=In e=
10
20
9
see
Ida
alb
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14
25
221.1
Poland
_Ettatrermany
Total
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239
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299 76 708 1,083
5. Movement of East German Naval Vessels in Rostock Harbor
EaSt German naval vessels bunker oil and water in Rostock., From
the middle of December 1957 until 29 January 1958 East German naval
vessels did not take in oil and water in Rostock and Warnemuende
because the harbor installations were overburdened. Instead they
take in Water and oil without the knowledge of the civilian harbor
authorities at the naval installations in Breitling, at Rostock-
Gehlsdorf, or at the Neptun shipyard.
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