SHIPBUILDING
INCREASE IN 1934
BRITAIN'S BIGGER LsHARE
LONDON; February 5,
There was a notable increase in 1934 in shipbuilding, vessels launched being nearly double the number An 1933, states Lloyd's annual returns.*. Altogether- 536 vessels were launched in the world, totalling 967.419 tons. Leading countries were:—Britain and Ireland, 459,877 tons; Japan, 152,421} tons; Germany. 73,733 tons; Denmark, 61,729 tons; Sweden, 49,544 tons;: Holland, 46,905 tons.
- The increase in world, output amounts to 478,403 tons, or 97.8 per cent., of which the British increase was 326,762 tons. The British output was 47.5 per cent, of the total world output compared with 27.2 per cent, in 1933.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 32, 7 February 1935, Page 11
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