OBSERVATIONS, PORT OF DURRES

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• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 17, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 24, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Albania
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Observations, Port of Durres
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DATE DISTR. 24 January 1957
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four-page report keyed to an
attached sketch of the port of Durres. The report contains observations
of port installations, argo band1ing equipment, decking facilities and
navigational aids in the port area
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I. ORGANIZATION
No. 1. An approx. 100 meters long pier. Two electric cranes,of about five
tons in hoisting power, were sighted there on this mole. These had
been made in Poland and travelled on iron tracks.
The men operating these cranes were Voles.
No. 2. Position where another crane was sighted. This is used to carry
ore stored in piles in this area, from point A to point B, to load
ships whenever there are not enough trucks available.
No. 3. A pier that, on account of shallow waters, is used for motorships
to dock. This mole is paved by asphalt.
No. 4. A mole used by large vessels. On this mole
cranes similar to the ones mentioned above.
No. 5. A new mole with a breakwater, used by passenger ships. Three cranes
were sighted on this mole. These resembled the ones sighted on pier
No. 1.
No. 6. Remnants of an old wooden pier, marked by a red fanal. This is an
impediment in the ships' manoeuvers to anchor.
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ANCHORED SHIPS
at pier No. 5, a Soviet
and a Polish ship, both of approx. 15,000 tons in capacity.
Polish ship.
about 200 sailors engaged in painting the outside of the
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the crews of the above two ships
belong to the Navy, because the officers and the crew of the Polish ship
were dressed in winter uniforms of the Navy.
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A flashing buoy is there at a distance of 1.7/10 miles from the red fanal
of the entrance to the harbor and at true bearing of 212'0or, otherwise, at
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320 toward the-red fanal. This sends out a red light and is there to mark
shallow waters.
A buoy, not flashing, is there at a distance of 3/10 miles and at true
bearing of 2220 from above flashing buoy. This is a round one like a mine
with :a-,pilla&'.20 dm highf,,and marks a wrecked ship. This buoy is a
dangerous one, because it is not visible from a distance, specially when
the sea is stormy.
A flashing buoy is there at a distance of 1.3'5 miles from the red fanal
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by the entrance to the harbor and at true bearing of 1650 from the red
fanal. This sends out a green light and marks a wrecked ship.
The ships sail between the two flashing buoys. No other buoys, flashing or
otherwise, are there in the area.
Lineation markings to make it easier for the ships to enter the harbor,
are there shown on the map in a Northern direction. These lineation
markings were not sighted; rather, they were out of order.
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