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Word: wismar (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...which operated in the red until 1955 because parts often were promised for delivery after the planned completion of the ship, and supplying industries were built up far from ports. East Germany has launched one 10,000-ton freighter at Warnemünde, now is producing other freighters at Wismar and Rostock, plus 500-ton fishing luggers and luxury yachts (for Communist brass and export) in shipyards at Stralsund and Wolgast on the blue Baltic. But East Germany's marine diesel engines are of prewar design, far too heavy and bulky to compete with the West's. Radio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BUSINESS ABROAD: East German Recovery | 11/19/1956 | See Source »

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