WORLD FLEET STILL GROWING
The figures or Lloyd's Register show that the world's tonnage continues to Increase out of all propmtiou to the trade available (states "Falrplay") After deducting the tonnage broken lip, all of which was, of course, obsolete, and the vessels lost, the steamers ami motor ships of the world show an Increase during the post twelve months of no less than 1,802,111 tons gross, which means an enormous addition to the world's carrying capacity. Since 191-1 the gross tonnage of steamer's and motor ships lias crown by l!),7nu,000 tons namely, from ■13.401,000 to 65.109,000 Ions! enuul 'to an Increase of 43V» per cent., whereas the increase in the fourteen years from 1000 to 10M was 23,034,519 tons, eipial to 103 per rent.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 48, 6 September 1928, Page 14
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125WORLD FLEET STILL GROWING Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 48, 6 September 1928, Page 14
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