Soviet Union confiscating Austrian DDSG ships and barges according to a CIA report dated 2 August 1951

An item reported that around the end of April 1951 the Soviet Union confiscated at Ismail the DDSG (Sowjetische Donau Dampf Schiffahrts Gesellschaft m.b.H.)) ships Kursk, Storm, Derbent and Kherson. Their crews were permitted to return towards Vienna, Austria. Except for these four ships were also 16 tankers and 25 barges owned by the same shipping company confiscated.(1)

Note
1. The DDSG (Sowjetische Donau Dampf Schiffahrts Gesellschaft m.b.H.) was controlled by the Soviet Union between 1945-1955.

Source
The report was published on www.archive.org, document number CIA-RDP82-00457R008200820006-9