WORLD'S SHIPPING
BRITISH SUPREMACY
DETAILS FROM LLOYDS 1 REPORT
(UNITS* PRESS ASSOCIATION. —CBPIRISKT.)
(AUSTRALIAN • NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
(Received October 14, 9 a.m.)
LONDON, 13th October.
Lloyds' annual report on the world's shipping to the end of June shows 1 that 1319 new ships were classified during the year of a total tonnage of 4,253,523, an increase of 452,302 tons over 1919. Of the new ships, the United Kingdom has 594 vessels, 1,391,808 tons; United States, 480 vessels, 1,930,705 tons; Japan, 105 vessels, 571,129 tone. The vessels und;r construction total 4,930,----430 tons. The largest vessels lost during the war have been replaced. The urgent demand at present is for general cargo carriers. There is a striking increase in the number, of large vessels. Fifty-six are building which exceed ten thousand tons.
New ships fitted for oil fuel total 426 of 1.995,788 tons, compared with 211 vessels of 1,193,650 tons for the previous year. The total vessels now classed by Lloyds as British is 5421, and the tonnage 11,885,931; other countries, 4166 vessels, tonnage 13,132,988. In 1914 the figures were : British, 6270 vessels, 13,762.899 tons; other countries, 4351 vessels. 10.087,766 tons.-
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Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 91, 14 October 1920, Page 7
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190WORLD'S SHIPPING Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 91, 14 October 1920, Page 7
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