DANUBE PORT OF ORSOVA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010500110003-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 22, 2006
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: December 13, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

DATE PREPARED 13 becersber 10,1
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l~ The Rumanian port of Grsova ( 1?li1aN/22?27") e. tcncs a length of about 1 iis:.n
The stone erbankrnent is 3 ncters hiLh, on(' the water near the emban?c:elit is
4 to deters deep. P .t Orsova, the Danube is about 300 :peters ride; the speed. It' of to current is 12 to V. 1;. /h .
yard.
2. The port of vrsova is of little importance cue to the strong current pre-
vailin _ ?there. Ships proeeedin,, downstream must take one of IV-1U-, e 30 pilots
for the passaUe through the so-called Iron Gate. `i'he; e pilots are stationed
in Ors ova zinc are ei:.pln ee s of th Co:::pai-i'o - The pilot's fee 25X1
is about 7 Lei per ton Lana ..:ust be paid in Swiss currency at the port of
'.-rencova. (;;?39'2d/21.?,ri3vh)
. 3o L Orsova, 'there is snvill ship rd of` the .aovror transport Gor:f army (31z f)
which only scraps wrecked vessels. Twenty persons 'work at this salva(Ie
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