APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2009/06/16: CIA-RDP01-00707R000200070025-1
| Name; Location; Estimated Military Port Capacity | Activities | Harbor | Berths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Szczecin
53°25'N., 14°35'E.; on Oder River about 35 nm. from its mouth; 62,000 |
Largest Polish port. Principal maritime outlet for Upper Silesian industrial region. Principal receipts - ore, oil, timber, grain, general cargo. Principal shipments - coal, iron, lumber, sugar, cement, grain, general cargo. Ship-repair yard can affect all types of floating repairs; has floating dry-docks with 8,200-ton lifting capacity. | Improved natural river harbor consists of 5-mile stretch of Oder and adjoining network of waterways. Controlling depth of channel from Baltic to harbor and principal quays 30 ft. | Alongside - For 57 standard, 39 small ocean-type cargo vessels; 23 standard, 44 small coaster-type tankers; 1 sound-and-river-type tanker; 1 sound-and-river-type tank barge.
Fixed mooring - 4 standard, 1 small ocean-type cargo vessels. |
| Gdansk
54°21'N., 18°40'E.; at mouth of Martha Wisla, branch of Vistula emptying into Gulf of Danzig 9 miles SE, of Gdynia; 52,928 |
Second-ranking seaport of Poland. Leading shipbuilding and ship-repair center. Principal receipts - ores, apatites, phosphorites, timber, grain, cellulose, citrus fruits, general cargo. Principal shipments - coal and coke, gypsum stone, knolin, clinker, glaze, sulphur, lumber, potatoes, cement, sugar, trucks, iron goods, machines, chemicals. Ship-repair yard can perform all types of repairs; 6 floating drydocks, largest has 11,000-ton lifting capacity. Site of Port Polnocny, under construction, to be largest deep-water port in Baltic Sea and able to accommodate 120,000-d.w.t. vessels. | Improved natural river harbor consists of 8-mile stretch of river with adjoining basins; central depths in channel at entrance 36 ft., decreasing gradually to 4 ft. at S. limit of port. | Alongside - for 58 large, 10 standard, 17 small ocean-type cargo vessels; 16 standard, 14 small coaster-type cargo vessels; 23 lighters; 2 small ocean-type tankers; 1 standard coaster-type tanker; 1 sound-and-river-type tank barge; 6 ocean minesweepers.
Fixed mooring - None. Anchorage - For large number of vessels of all sizes in open roadstead outside harbor. |
| Gdynia
54°30'N., 18°33'E.; on SW. shore of Gulf of Danzig; 62,000 |
Third most important Polish port in amount of cargo handled. Headquarters of Polish Navy and principal naval operating base. Important shipbuilding and ship-repair center; now being expanded and will build 100,000-d.w.t. vessels. Principal receipts - general cargo, alumina, iron ore, grain, containerized cargo. Principal shipments - general cargo, coal, coke, lumber. All types floating repairs possible at 2 commercial yards; dry-docking repairs limited by lifting capacity of largest floating dry dock to 3,500 tons. Large graving dock (805 ft. long) used for construction but capable of accommodating oceangoing ships when not in use. | Artificial, breakwater protected; consists of outer and inner harbors with basins separated by moles; total water area 550 acres. Controlling depth through entrance to inner harbor about 40 ft. | Alongside - For 24 large, 31 standard, 25 small ocean-type cargo vessels; 8 standard, 2 small coaster-type cargo vessels; 12 lighters, 1 small ocean-type tanker; 1 coaster-type tanker; 15 large (destroyer leaders), 32 medium (destroyers, destroyer escorts, ocean-type minesweepers), 20 small (coastal-type minesweepers, MTB's) naval vessels.
Anchorage - For 5 large passenger ships or aircraft carriers; 18 ocean-type cargo vessels or light cruisers in designated area immediately E. of harbor. |
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APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2009/06/16: CIA-RDP01-00707R000200070025-1
