THE SHIPPING COMPANIES OF THE WORLD.

Press, Volume L, Issue 8479, 10 May 1893, Page 6

THE SHIPPING COMPANIES OF THE WORLD.

Mr W. J. Gordon, continuing his articles upon tbe " Way of the World at Sea," in the " Leisure Hour," gives some interesting particulars of the great steamship companies of the world. He takes the companies according to the number of their ships, without regard to their size, a method which has the curious result of bringing to the top of the list the Irawaddy Flotilla Company, which owns 120 vessels, which ply upon the Iravmddy. Then comes the Italian firm of Rnbattino with 107, then the British-India Steam Navigation Company with 106, and then the Danish Company of the Forenede Dampskiles, which has the same number. The Wilsons, of Hull, come next, with 85; then the Austrian Lloyds and the North German Lloyds with 72 Teach. The French Transatlantic Company has 68, the Russian Steamship Company has 65, and the French Messageries Maritime, with 60. Tbe P. and O. have 60 ships, but they are much larger, and would stand at the head of the list if value and not numbers were taken as the criterion. The Elder, Dempster and Co. and the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand come next, followed by the Italian Transatlantic Company and General Steam Navigation Company, which have 49. The Allan line has also 49. The Hamburg American have 46. The Anchor line, the Lamport and Holt have 44 each. The Amazon Steam Navigation Company have 38, a&d the Pacific Steam Navigation Company 37. After these numbers dwindle till

we come to the Cunard witlr 26, of which 4 are tugs. Of these vessels there are 30 ot over 19 knots an hours, 160 over 18, and 200 over 15. . _-