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• Sequence Number: 53
• Publication Date: January 22, 1968
• Content Type: REPORT

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FOREIGN SHIPPING TO NORTH VIETNAM IN 1967
TheIe were changes in the support provided
North Vietnam by sea in 1967, particularly in the
number of Soviet and Chinese ships involved and in
total tonnages -- imports were up by nearly 45 per
cent while exports were halved.
Soviet ship arrivals rose sharply -- to 181,
from the 122 recorded for 1966; the Soviets did,
however, employ more small ships. East European
totals dropped; there were 29 arrivals, 15 fewer
than in 1966. One Cuban ship arrived each year.
Chinese Communist port calls totaled 97 -- down 41
from the previous 12 months (there have been indi-
cations that North Vietnamese ships have been
engaged in trade with China, but no specific infor-
mation is available). Seventy-eight Free World
ships arrived in 1967 -- four more than in 1966;
67 were under British flag (all owned by Hong Kong-
based companies under Chinese Communist control),
five were Cypriot, three Maltese, two. Italian, and
one Lebanese.
Over-all ship arrivals during 1967 totaled 386,
a slight increase from the 379 in 1966. About 125
of these originated in East European ports and car-
ried mostly general cargo; the remainder came from
the Far East and carried the bulk of POL and food-
stuff imports.
The total cp , innL$rted rose from-932-,-4M
metric tons to 4 4 4& metric tons, with grain and
other foodstuffs accounting for most of the increase
and POL and general cargo the balance.
The type of dry cargo delivered by the Commu-
nist countries during 1967 did not change significantly.
The USSR continued to ship economic-aid goods as well
as military support material -- such as trucks, heavy
construction equipment, rolled steel products, bridge-
building material, drugs, and medical equipment. As
in`past years, no shipments of arms and ammunition
were detected.
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19c;o,oviet POL shipments to North Vietnam totaled
etric tons,,~'about 10,000 less than in 1966.
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Thirty-nine tankers accounted for the bulk of the
deliveries, and all but four came Vladivostok. The
only non-Soviet tanker involbed was a British-flag
vessel out of Hong Kong which brought about 50,000
metric tons of the total petroleum imported.
Export cargo was reducd by 50 per cent from
the 1966 total of 1, d4' metric tons. Cement,
coal, and pig iron bore the brunt of the cutbacks;
miscellaneous cargo remained about the same
84,200 metric tons for 1967.
In August, two Soviet merchant ships were
sighted for the first time in the Gulf of Tonkin
with Soviet ensigns painted on their hatches and.
freeboards; this has become common practice. The
USSR probably added the identification markings be-
cause of alleged air attacks on its merchantmen
while in por.~z,~,, The average Soviet ship cargo in
1967 was 3- 6-90 metric tons -- a significant de-
crease fro. X0 1966 average of~ ' and in prior
years of 444o-. The steady decline is apparently
a result of the silting at Haiphong. Congestion
of the port reached its peak from June through
August, thereby extending turnaround time for each
ship. To expedite dock-side unloading and reduce
the time in port, numerous small barges and lighters
have been employed to 'transfer cargo from ships at
anchor.
The Vietnamese have apparently had little
trouble in handling the rising imports, and unless
there is a major change in their cargo-handling
capabi lit the level will presumably main-
tained.
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NORTH VIETNAM
FOREIGN-FLAG SHIP ARRIVALS
JANUARY ? DECEMBER 1961 AND 1966
n
JANUARY-DECEMBER 1967
TOTAL
-_TOTAL y.,
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
ARRIVALS
ARRIVALS
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
_
DEC
1967
PERCENT a/
1966
37
42
42
37
40
34
22
23
25
26
26
32
386
100.0
379
31
37
39
32
31
23
17
17
18
20
21
22
308
79.8
305
USSR
16
24
23
18
18
8
10
12
8
13
15
16
EASTERN EUROPE
4
-3
4
4
2
4
2
1
2
1
1
1
181
29
46.9
7.5
122
44
ALBANIA
BULGARIA
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
-,
0
0
0
0
1
0.3
2
POLAND
2
2
3
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
1.0
9
2
3
2
1
2
1
1
1
24
6.2
33
COMMUNIST CHINA
11
10
12
10
10
11
5
4
8
6
5
CUBA
A
0
0
0
5
97
25.1
- 138
1
0.3
1
6
5
3
5
9
li
5
_6
7
6
5
10
78
20.2
74
CYPRUS
GREECE
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
0.
0
0
5
1.3
12
ITALY
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
.
LEBANON
MALTA
0
1
0
0
0
0-
0
0
0
0
.
0
1
1
0.5 -
0.3
1
0
UNITED KINGDOM
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
0.8
4
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67
17.4
50
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rounding, Components may not add to the totals shown.
32.2
11.6
0.5
2.4
8.7
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