IDLE TONNAGE
Shipping laid up in the ports of Great Britain and Ireland on April I shows a striking decrease, of. 172,717 tons, when compared with the' figures of idle tonnage, on January 1. The decrease is actually equivalent to 19.7 per Cent, of the total of idle British shipping. There are 373,322 tons of additional shipping when the figures of a year ago are compared; that is to say, the-idle, tonnage of that date has been diminished by 34.6 per cet. In .the, London docks area alone the de'crease ihidle bottoms is 106,000 tons 'for the quarter. ; :
French idle shipping on March 1 totalled; 484,698 tons gross, compared with .480,039 - tons on January 15. Divided according to the vessels' several categories, the figures were as iollows:^-Passenger liners, 166,644 tons;'other steamers and motor-ships, 294,034 tons;. sailing vessels, 7481 tons; and miscellaneous craft, 16,539 tons.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 128, 1 June 1935, Page 26
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144IDLE TONNAGE Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 128, 1 June 1935, Page 26
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