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APPENDIX: THE ADMINISTRATION OF OCEAN SHIPPING IN THE 
U.S.S.R. 
The All-Union Ministry of the Maritime Fleet in Moscow controls 
ocean shipping under the Soviet flag. The Ministry is directly subor- 
dinate to the Council of Ministers and has close ties with Communist 
Party economic organizations dealing with transportation. _ 
The Minister of the Maritime fleet is advised by a Collegium consist- 
ing of his deputies and the chiefs of the key sub-units of the Ministry. 
These functionally organized sub-units include six “main administra- 
tions” and at least 11 ‘“‘administrations”’ (see table 7). 
TABLE 7.—Ships planned for delivery to the Sdviet merchant fleet, by type 
1,000 
deadweight tons Percent 
Dry Carpore 22722 aie ER aeee: Leia ee eres Core oem 1,840 37 
Days bulk carriers: 2. s-<29e ee a= a ee ee 700 14 
General purpose freighters ______________________ 420 8 
SUID ER Canes ee a aes hs Pee cee ee a 290 6 
Roll-on/rolloff ships _____._____________________- 200 4 
Full containershipsjs¢). oir: = Fue: se pest 130 3 
Barre Carers. 6 oe ee ee 80 2 
Retrigeraton sss. me eee sere ee. ieee 20 negligible 
Combination oil/dry bulk carriers ___________________-_ 550 11 
Tankers oes See Pe eel pea tem Tees. 2,610 52 
50,000 deadweight tons and up __________________ 1,260 25 
40,000-49,999 deadweight tons ___-______________- 360 7 
20,000-39,999 deadweight tons _________________- 420 9 
10,000-19,999 deadweight tons __________________ 500 10 
Less than 10,000 deadweight tons ________________ 70 1 
Total cee. spk Sas) ee ae hb 5,000 100 
Also attached to the Ministry are the Soviet ship classification 
society—U.S.S.R. Register of Shipping— and two important semi-au- 
tonomous organizations—Sovfracht and Sovinflot. Sovfracht charters 
foreign ships on behalf of the Ministry and various foreign trade 
organizations and handles the chartering of Soviet tramp vessels to 
foreign shippers. Sovinflot’s chief functions are managing the network 
of agencies that represent Soviet ships calling in foreign ports and 
foreign ships in Soviet ports and organizing Soviet overseas liner ser- 
vices. 
The operating structure of the Ministry is coordinated by the Main 
Administration for Operation of the Fleet and Ports through three 
regional administrations and 17 steamships companies (see table 8). 
