Some oil from Russia has been sent te Germany, but the total quantity s not known. In the trade it is reported that. with the recent completion of some inland canals in Russia, the movement from that country could be increased moderately. Some of this oil first is moved to barge to Baltic ports and then transhipped by tankers th Germany. Tankers: also have been used to a limited extent to carry Russian supplies of special products, mostly lubricants, across the Black Sea f: movement by rail or barge the remainder of the way to Germany.
Shipments by tank car from Russia to Germany are believed to have been small because of the non-uniformity in railway gouge between the Russian snd German systems.
It is reported. however, that recently this handicap has been removed somewhat by devices for rapidly adjusting the wheel spread of the tank car. It is understood that Russia is supplying part of the il supplies for the German military forces in Bulgaria. About the time of the signing of the Bulgarian-Axis agreement six tankers crossed the Black Sea and discharged their cargoes at Varna. Bulgaria.
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