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348 ECONOMIC AND ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT OF BURMAtransport costs per ton demonstrates that the riverinetransportation of petroleum from the fields at Chaukis more economical than by pipeline, even though anew flotUla is compared with a rehabilitated pipeline.An additional advantage of riverine transport is itsflexibility. The fleet provided for the transport ofpetroleum from the upper Irrawaddy can be used onany of the major inland waterways of Burma. For thepurpose of this study the sizes of riverine fleet weredetermined for transport of either 375,000 tons or500,000 tons annually from Chauk to Rangoon. Thefunds required for the acquisition of this fleet aretentatively included in the program of expenditures ofIWTB for capital investments in the fiscal years 1953-54 to 1961-62. However, the final size of the petrol¬eum fleet would be determined by the extent of thedevelopment and the location of the new oil-fields.E. PERSONNEL TRAINING PROGRAMWith the progressive rebuilding of the general-cargoand passenger fleet to prewar strength the InlandWater Transport Board would need additional quali¬fied personnel of approximately the foUowing classi¬fications:1. SHOP FOREMENIn 1952 IWTB and ECA TCA submUted firm re¬quests for funds for overseas training for a foundryforeman, a galvanizing-plant foreman, and a dieselshopforeman. With the termination of the ECA/TCAprogram these requests were cancelled and the neces¬sary funds would have to be provided by IWTB.2. INSTRUCTORS IN DIESEL ENGINEERINGTo train additional diesel operators which would berequired with the progressive increase of the number ofdiesel-powered craft.3. MARINE ENGINEERING DESIGNERSStructural (hull) and mechanical, who wUl thentrain the design force of IWTB in modern practices ofship design.This program of training of technical personnel inEurope and in the United States already has beeninitiated by IWTB and its continuation and develop¬ment are recommended.In the handling of bulk cargoes such as coal andpetroleum the method of transport would be by fleetsof barges propelled by push towboats. Since that formof propulsion is entirely new to Burma, it would benecessary to train phots completely in that form oftransport and the recommended training program in¬cludes the costs of such instruction. Pilots' schoolswill be required and towing units used for practicaltraining.F. CONCLUSIONSThe foregoing considerations with respect to theoperations of the riverine fleet lead to the followingsummary of conclusions and recommendations:(1) The Inland Water Transport Board is a trans¬port agency and should not be engaged in river con¬servancy operations.(2) All marine shipbuilding and repair facUitiesshould be merged under one department, the Depart¬ment of Yards and Docks, and be administeredthrough the Ministry of Transport and Communica¬tions.(3) The Government should acquire the ArakanFlotiUa Company, Ltd., and incorporate it in the In¬land Water Transport Board.(4) The IWTB's three-year and ten-year programsfor rehabihtation of its fleet, together with a similarplan for rehabilitation of the river conservancy fleet isconcurred in and should be prosecuted vigorously.(5) To relieve the friction developed by misunder¬standings with labor and to improve technical skiUs,educational instruction and training should be system¬atically provided.(6) Facihties for landing, cargo handling andstorage, at the main river ports on the Irrawaddy andChindwin Rivers, should be improved insofar asjustified by the increase in commerce requirements.(7) When the Kalewa coal and the Myingyan in¬dustrial projects are developed, most bulk productsshould be transported by water.G. ESTIMATED REQUIRED EXPENDITURESThe accompanying Table XIII-1 shows the esti¬mated program of expenditures for capital invest¬ments and for personnel training. This program ex¬tends over ten succeeding years. The main costs arefor the flotUla required in rehabihtating the prewargeneral-cargo and passenger fleet, and for the fleetsrequired in the transport of the products of the pro¬posed Kalewa coal development, the Myingyan indus¬trial development, and for transporting crude oil fromthe producing fields in the Irrawaddy basin to the pro¬posed refineries at Syriam. The investment costs ofrehabilitating the dockyards and improving them forthe fabrication and maintenance of the new vesselsand craft are included in the table basically becausethey have been an incremental cost in the determina¬tion of transport unit rates. These expenditures wouldnot be a part of the transport agency's operating costs,but would be diverted to the Department of Yardsand Docks which was recommended in Chapter XII.In a similar manner the costs shown in the table forwaterway conservation fleet and operations would bediverted to the operating costs of the MercantileMarine Department.
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