THE WORLD'S SHIPPING
BUILDING OUTPUT FOR 1933 LOWEST SINGE RECORDS KEPT Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, January 31. (Received February 1, at 9 a.m.) The world’s output of shipbuilding in 1933 was the lowest since the first issue of Lloyd’s returns in 1888. According to the annual returns, 330 ships were launched in the world, totalling 489,016 tons, the leading countries being Britain and Ireland (133,115 tons), America (10,771), France (34,073), Germany (42,195), Japan (74,290). Italy (16,660), Sweden (60,860), Holland (35,889), and Denmark (34,016). The decrease in the world output compared with 1932 amounts to 237,575 tons, of which the United States shows the huge decrease of 132,788 tons. The British output was 27.2 per cent, of the total world output, compared with 25.8 per cent, in 1932. The construction of oil tankers in the world last rear was 82,675 tons, and motor ships 289,996 tons.
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Evening Star, Issue 21634, 1 February 1934, Page 9
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