ECONOMIC - TRANSPORTATION

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600210705-6
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• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 24, 2011
• Sequence Number: 705
• Publication Date: April 4, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION FROM
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Rconomic - Transportation
Daily newspapers
Bucharest
27 January - 18 February 1949
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ACTIOITIW OP SOTRCI1'RAN$PORT -- Libertatea, No 1336, 27 Jan 49
Sovrontranspart enjoys a monopoly in waritine tranportation. In addition
to the fleet of vessels, Sovrattransport owns and directs shipyards, storage
facilities, and cargo handling.
rant Tsar, the Constants shipyard repaired the Plehanov, which will boom*
one of the vessels of the 8o-romtransport fleet. This fleet also inoludor the
freighters Neresima, lrioderibh Engels, Ardealul, and Dinitrov as well as the
passsagr-cargo notership Trsnsilvania. This luxury liner, built in 1939 at Co-
nenhsgen, has resumed scheduled sailings after a lapse of 2 worths.
Daring 1948, the Sowromtransport shipyards built three 1,000-tan tugs, two
1,000-ton oil tcnksrs, three 2,000-t6n oil tankers, and 20 powered fishing wes-
sals: roar trawlers ware repaired and the D.oebal, sunk near Tormnl Severin,
was reflected.
Me ports section of Sowromtraneport has bandied 470,000 tons of freigtt-
and built storage tanks and pumping stations for handling petroleum., To szof-
ight handling, high-lift platform tracks capable c: lilting a 71Ai3 of
7 tans-to a height of 7 asters, and cranss, were imported from Russia. Tim of
the cranes will -be put into opsratiou In 1949.
to dsSi8 veer ~s~ ~ conclude& contracts with countries adjacent to Romania
grain, wood, and petroleum products to then.
FEW 1949 X0C011110179! PUT I.i 0PE4ATIOK -- Libertatea, No 1350, 12 Feb 49
The first looanotive of the type which will be built at Resita has dust
b.en put into opemation. " mare locomotives will be built in the course of
the year 1949. Itograph aoodnpanying the article shows a locanotive resew-
blimg as American loosest lye of about 1900. The j*lbtograph is not clear enough
to gin all the detailr of the wheel arrangement but there are no pilot wheels.
There are 10 drivers and two or four trailing-truck wheels,/
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QUOSi FOR IACtIIOTIII REPAIR SURPAS. D -- Scantela, No 1351, 15 Feb 49
At the "Cririta-Looonoti?e" shops of the Rvaanian State Railvay, 4E loco-
aotiroe were repaired in Jamuery instead of the 40 which were the quota for that
month. Using a Universal lathe, Yaohinist 1rihai tebedeanu made 1,047 looassoti'e
piston, 10 Percent amble than him quota of 975e
TAPS CCAX'i PROF'] AIR SMMM -- Universal, No 40, 1.8 Feb 49
Aircraft of MIS (Soviet-Romanian Air Transport) operate on strict suhed-
nice,whether far flights within the confines of Rumania or to foreign destine-
tionso There are regular flights between Bucharest and Sibiu, Oradea Mere,
T1 loess, .Arad, Cluj, Satu Dlare, Galati, Caoau, and lasi. Flights to foreign
ports arc Prise Bucharest to Pragns, Varsocia, Moscow, and Sofia.
TA RS also hashes packages, freight, and sail in addition to passengers.
Far roand trip flights, faros cost 20 percent less, large, regular shipments
of Ylreight.receive substantial dieoonnta Freight shipments to foreign and
daaostic destinations are carried in special cargo planes which have a capacity
of 2,500 kilograus.
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