Photo 2. A giant refrigerated transport (11 ,755GRT) serviced Romanian fishennen operating in distant waters. 

 Romania bought 4 of these vessels in East Germany during the 1970s. 



details) until 1980. At that time, the 

 Romanian Government decided to begin 

 building both types of vessels in domestic 

 shipyards, thus becoming independent of 

 other CMEA countries with which political 

 relations became strained after Ceausescu's 

 Romania several times chose an independent 

 course in its foreign relations. The last 5 

 PROMETEI-class fishing trawlers were built 

 in the Braila Shipyard on the Danube from 

 1980-1984 (appendix 1). The last 6 POLAR- 

 class refrigerated transports and baseships 

 were also built in Romania at the Galati 

 Shipyard, which is also located on the Danube 

 River (photo 2). The homeport of the 



Romanian high-seas fleet is in another Danube 

 port - Tulcea. This was probably the reason 

 why the Tulcea Shipyard was selected as the 

 repair and maintenance shipyard for the 

 Romanian high-seas fleet and remains so to 

 this day.'° 



The Black Sea coastal trawlers are 

 currently built in the Tulcea Shipyard; the 

 19th such vessel was nearing completion in 

 March of 1989." More recent information is 

 lacking.'^ 



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