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FIGURE 8. Fitting-out quay at the Slavak Shipyard at Komarno (U/OU)

Commercial waterway transportation is controlled by the Ministry of Transportation through its Main Administration of Navigation, which administers and directs the activities of the two nationalized shipping companies. Within their respective operating areas each company maintains its own fleet, administers port activity, and is responsible for equipment and personnel. Waterway construction and maintenance are the responsibility of several regional national committees and the Central Administration of Water Economy. International navigation on the Danube is regulated by the U.S.S.R.-sponsored Danube Commission. All riparian states except West Germany are full members.

Development of waterway transportation has been slow. Current projects underway include reconstruction of lock-and-dam installations on the Elbe and Vltava and large-scale port expansion and modernization at Usti-nad-Labem, Decin, and Bratislava; container terminals are being constructed at Decin and Bratislava. Fleet development is still being directed toward the acquisition of new units, particularly higher capacity self-propelled barges and pusher trains. Specifications for the long-discussed CEMA project to interconnect the Danube, Oder, and Elbe rivers by a combination of land-cut canals and canalized tributaries were approved in June 1973. Major construction work is now programmed to begin in 1974. Extensions of the Danube, Oder, and Elbe would project north, southwest, and southeast, respectively, to form a three-way junction near Prerov in central Czechoslovakia. Preliminary work such as dredging and bank reinforcement is underway on another CEMA project, the large-scale hydroelectric and navigation scheme on the Danube near Gabcikovo. The scheme will include two large dams, two hydroelectric plants, two sets of double-chambered locks, and a 26-kilometer shipping canal extending to Nagynaros, Hungary.

Selected principal inland waterway routes, providing 251 route miles of primary navigation, are described in detail in Figure 9. Representing slightly more than 50% of the total navigability, the selected waterways account for over 90% of the yearly waterway tonnage. They include all of the important high-capacity through routes between major production and/or strategic areas and are routes that make links to routes with significant international connections.

F. Pipelines

Czechoslovakia has extensive pipeline systems for handling crude oil, refined petroleum products, and natural gas. More than 3,000 miles of trunk pipeline are in operation, and more pipelines are under construction or planned for the near future.

The most important crude oil pipelines are part of the CEMA pipeline system, which extends westward from Soviet oilfields near the Ural Mountains to refineries in the western U.S.S.R., Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary. In Czechoslovakia the CEMA system consists of parallel 21- and 28-inch lines with a combined capacity of approximately 400,000 barrels per day. These two lines extend from Uzhgorod, U.S.S.R., to Tupa, Czechoslovakia, near Sahy. From Tupa a 21-inch line with a capacity of 115,000 barrels a day extends to the Slovnaft refinery near Bratislava, and a 12-inch, 40,000 barrels-per-day line extends to the Szazhalombatta refinery near Budapest, Hungary. From Tupa the two main CEMA lines extend through Kolin to the refinery at Zaluzi. By 1975, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Yugoslavia plan to build the "Adria Pipeline," which will transport Middle East crude oil from the port of Bakar, Yugoslavia to refineries in the three countries. The estimated capacity of this line is 240,000 barrels per day.

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