TSINGTAO BECOMING CENTER OF SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY; SOUTH CHINA SHIPPING SERVICE GROWING

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• Publication Date: September 15, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION FROM
REPORT
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS
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COUNTRY
China
DATE OF
INFORMATION
1950
SUBJECT
HOW
Economic - Shipping
DATE DIST. I5
Sep 1950
PUBLISHED
WHERE
PUBLISHED
Daily newspapers
China
NO. OF PAGES
4
DATE
PUBLISHED 2 Jul - 8 Aug 1950
LANGUAGE
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
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TSINGTAO BECOMING CENTER OF SHIPBUILDING, INDUS TRY;
SOUTH CHINA SHIPPING SERVICE GROWING
Tsingtao -- In pursuance of the decision of the Central People's govern-
ment regarding the unification of navigation and harbor controls, the Harbor
Control Bureau and the Navigation Bureau of this city were. incorporated into
one organization and renamed the Navigation Bureau of the Tsingtao District.
This bureau, besides receiving orders and instructions from the Navigatlo1
Bureau of the Ministry of Communications of the Central People's government
regarding its administration and operation, will receive orders-from the
Tsingtao Municipal Council and the Tsingtao municipal government regarding
the execution of administrative and political policies.
1. Seven. sectional offices for navigation, harbor construction, wharves
and piers, security, personnel, finance, and secretariat.
2. The branch bureaus at Yen-tEai and Lien-yun, and the three local of-
fices at Hsiao-chiang, Shih-tao, and Shih-?chiu> The Yen-t'ai Branch Bureau in
,turn will control offices at Lung.-k'ou and Wei-he.i-wei.
MOVE SHANGHAI SHIPYARDS TO TSINGTAO -.- Hong Kong Hsing-tao Jih-pao, 14 Jul 50
Taihoku, 13 July -- A news item from Shanghai reports that, to avoid de-
struction from Nationalist air raids, all Shanghai shipyards which are still
intact are being moved to Tsingtao. The remaining portion of the Chiang-nan
Shipyard, and most of the vessels which were readied for use in the invasion
of Taiwan, are also being moved. According to a Shanghai factory worker who
recently returned from Tsingtao, about 150 Soviet shipbuilding technicians and
some Soviet machinery have already arrived at Tsingtao, which is becoming the
center of the shipbuilding industry.
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FIRST SHIP SINCE LIBERATION OF CHOU-SHAN ARRIVES AT SHANGHAI -- Shanghai Wen-
hui Pao, 16 Jul 50
Shanghai -- The steamship Chiang-hua, the first ship from Ning-po since
the liberation of the Chou-shah Islands, arrived in Shanghai on 15 July 1950.
This ship was found aground at Ting-hai in the Chou-shan islands when these
islands were liberated. It was refloated with minor repairs, and then
brought into Shanghai for additional repairs. The Chiang-hua has P. loading
capacity of 1,361 tons, and space for more than 1,000 passengers.
SHIPPING ACTIVITY INCREASES AROUND NING-PO -- Hangchow Chekiang Jih-pao,
25 Jul 50
Ning-po -- Within a month after the liberation of the Chou-shan Islands,
shipping services to and from Ning-po became active again. According to the
Ning-po branch of the Shanghai Customhouse, a total of 1,023 small boats trav-
eled between Ning-po, Shanghai, and the Chou-shan Islands between 16 May and
16 June, and during the following month, to 16 July, 809 boats left Ning-po
for the Chou-shan Islands. and 993 arrived from the Chou-shan Islands, while
41 boats left Ning-po for Shanghai and 20 boats arrived from Shanghai. In
addition to these small boats, there are three steamships -- the Hsin-ning-yu,
Tai-shan, and Heng-shan -- already in service in this area, the first two on
a route between Ning-po and Ting-hai, and the third on a route between Ch'uan-
shan and Ting-hai.
With regard to the inland waterway service in the area surrounding Ning-
po, the Ning-po Branca Customhouse reported that seven steamships are scheduled
to depart from Ning-po; two to Yu-yao, one to Heng-ch'i, one to Feng-hua, one
to Pai-tu, one to Yin-chiang, and one to Chen?-hai. Four more are getting
ready to resume service soon, and a fifth ship is undergoing repairs.
HONG KONG??SHANGBAI SHIPPING SERVICE RESUMED Hong Kong Hsing-tao Jih-pao,
4 Jul 50
Hong Kong -- Hong Kong shipping companies received telegrams from Shang-
hai on 3 July stating that the entrance to the port of Shanghai was cleared
of mines and is again open for navigation. In this connection, an official of
one of the shipping companies stated that since the cessation of Aational~at
sea and air attacks on the mainland of China, shipping service between Hong
Kong and Shanghai has again been stepped up, and that unless the world situa-
tion becomes worse, it will soon be up to capacity. He also stated that the
Communist authorities in Shanghai are becoming more lenient toward the en-
forcement of harbor control regulations affecting incoming foreign merchant
ships, and have already assigned a mine-.sweeper for constant patrol of the Wu-
sun vicinity to assure safe entrance and departure of foreign merchant ships.
The British Navy also announced that it would maintain its escort service for
all British merchant ships along the coast of China.
HONG KONG-SWATOW-AMOY SHIPPING RESTORED -- Hong Kong Hsing-tao Jih-pao,
2 'Jul 50
Hong Kong -- Shipping service between Hong Kong, Swatow, and Amoy is be-
ing restored gradually. A prominent person in the shipping industry in Hong
Kong gave the following reasons for the speeded resumption of this service:
1. Increase in marine freight charges from Hong Kong to Swatow and Amoy.
The freight charge to Amoy has risen to 170 fHong Kong do llarsg per ton.
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2. Discontinuance of Nationalist air attacks on mainland China in ac-
cordance with the US announcement, with the resultant decline in marine in-
surance rates from 25 to 15 percent since cessation of Nationalist air
attacks.
However, the informant pointed out that the volume of trade between
Hong Kong and ports in Fukien Province is small at present due to.
1. Most of the products in Fukien being sent north and very few coming
to Hong Kong.
2. Low buying power of the people in Fukien.
3. Imposition of controls on exportation of important materials by the
Hong Kong government.
TWO FORMER CMSC SHIPS LEAVE HONG KONG FOR CANTON -- Hong Kong Hsing-tao Jih-
pao, 16 Jul 50
Hong Kong -- The Chi-ping, another former ship of the China Merchant's
Steamship Company, left Hong Kong for Canton on 15 July 1950, the second to
leave of the original 13 ships which had remained in Hong Kong for the past
10 months, refusing to go over to the Nationalists. The first ship to leave
Hong Kong was the Min-302, which departed on 12 July for Macao on the first
leg of a journey to Canton.
The other ships which are still in Hong Kong are the Hai-hsia, Hai-k'ang,
Teng-yu, Teng-k'eng, Hai-han, Tsai-o, Lin-sen, Hung-chang, Chung-106, Chiao-
jen, and Cheng-kung,
HONG KONG-CANTON RIVER BOAT TRAFFIC INCREASING -- Ho-g Kong Wen-hui Pao,
8 Aug 50
Hong Kong -- The Marine Office of the Hong Kong government has published
data on Hong Kong's shipping activity for July 1950. According to this data,
besides 572 British, Norwegian, and Panamanian ships which visited Hong Kong
in July, there were also 246 river boats flying Communist flags which came
from inland waterways to KwangLung Province, bringing in 7,339 tons of cargo
and 63,498 passengers, and carrying out 565 tons of cargo and 76,022 passen-
gers. This is a clear indication that the Nationalist blockade is no longer
in effect in the waters surrounding Hong Kong.
FARES REDUCED ON YANGTZE RIVER SHIPPING -- Shanghai Wen-hui Pao, 16 Jul 50
Shanghai -- Both passenger and freight fares on Yangtze River shipping
were reduced on 15 July 1950, 20 percent for passenger fares and 14,7 percent
on freight fares. The new fares between Shanghai and Hankow are as follows
(in Yuan):
From Shanghai
1st
2d
3d
4th
5th
To:
Nanking
58,700
45,100
28,900
22,600
18,000
Wu-hu
73,100
56,200
36,000
28,100
22,400
An-chiing
103,600
79,600
51,000
39,900
31,800
Chiu-chiang
128,100
98,500
63,100
49,300
39,400
Hank-ow
168,000
129,500
82,900
64,800
51,800
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2. Freight Fares 5er tong (1st to 4th class fares omitted)
Class
From Shanghai
10th
9th
8th
7th
6th
5th
To:
Chen-chiang
36,000
40,500
44,600
49,100
56,500
65,000
Nanking
43,000
47,300
52,000
57,200
65,800
75,700
Wu-hu
55,200
60,700
66,800
73,500
84,500
97,200
Cn-chiing
85,900
94,500
104,000
1.14,400
131,600
151,400
Chiu-chiang
104,300
114,700
126,200
138,800
159,600
183,500
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Hankow
122,700
135,000
148,500
163,400
173,900
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