SHIPPING TRADE
FALLING OFF IN BUSINESS
The Liverpool Steam Ship Owners' Association reports that 1931 was a most disastrous year for British shipping. Overseas trade fell off and figures relative to cargo carriedperhundred tons net of shipping entrances- • and- -clearances continued downwardi- Comparing 1913 with 114 tons of cargo carried per 100 tona net of shipping, /the -figure for 1931 was 91' tons, and for cargo other than coal it was reduced from ■57 tons in 1913 to. 29 tons in 1931 and 38 tons in 1930. . \
.The North Atlantic-passenger trade fell 'away heavily in 1931. There are six great ~ British, lines in this trade, and ■ eleven foreign lines, including the United States . lines. The British lines made 404 sailings : in 1931, carrying 134,759 passengers; the '-..foreign lines made-485 sailings, can-vine :!.; 273,367 passengers: .-. , •• >/ 6 :;, : For 1930 the British lines made 521-sail- •>;.; .!ngs # with 274,340" passengers,," and' - the '„', foreign lines 544 sailings with 275,502 pas-
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 72, 26 March 1932, Page 14
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154SHIPPING TRADE Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 72, 26 March 1932, Page 14
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