An item reported that the River Traffic
Directorate of Sovromtransport was responsible for the management of the Danube
river traffic. There were four kinds of traffic, namely
1. Cereals and oil shipped in the USSR
towards Austria and Czechoslovakia with as return cargoes bauxite, pyrites,
cars, industrial machinery and metal made articles, to give an impression in
July 1953 totally mounting 250.000 tons.
2. Cereals shipped in Romania towards
Czechoslovakia, Austria and Hungary with as return cargoes a diversity of
products, in July 1953 mounting 45.000 tons.
3. Shipping of military cargoes
consisting of construction materials like cement, lumber, gravel and sand
mounting in July 1953 130.000 tons.
4. Shipping of diversified cargo within
Romania amounting in July 1953 5.000 tons.
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