STILL SHRINKING
World Shipping Tonnage FIGURES FOR 12 MONTHS London, July 23. The world’s shipping tonnage is still shrinking. Lloyd’s Register of Shipping as at June 30, 1935. shows that whereas between June. 1933, and June, 1934, there was a net decrease of 2.343.573 tons in tlie world total, during the past 12 months the world steamer tonnage decreased by 1.330.640 tons, motor tonnage increased by 700.165 tons, and sailing and other craft decreased by 60.165 tons, making a further net decrease of 690,640 tons. Tlie only countries showing notable increases last year were Greece, 203,905 tons; Soviet Russia, 171,522 tons; and China, 56.546 tons. The largest decreases were Britain 334.503 tons and France 272,917 tons. The world tonnage at the end of June, 1935, was 64,885,972, compared with 05,576,612 for the previous year. Nearly a million and three-quarter tons were broken up in 1934. Less than 2 per cent, of the world tonnage is represented by sailing ships and non-propellcd barges.
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 255, 25 July 1935, Page 9
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