WORLD SHIPBUILDING
Lowest Output Since 1888 AMERICA’S HUGE DECREASE (Received 1, 10.50 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 31. 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 for 1933, 330 ships were launched in the world, totalling 489,016 tons, the leading countries being Great Britain and Ireland, 133,115 tons, America, 10,771, France, 34,073, Germany, 42,195, Japan 74,290, Italy 16,560, Sweden 60,860, Holland 35,889, Denmark 34,016. The decrease in world output, compared with 1932, amounts to 237,575 tons, of which the United States’ huge decrease is 132,788 tons. The British output was 27.2 per cent, of the total world output, compared with 25.8 in 1932. Oiltankers in the world total 82,675 tons, and motorships 289,996 tons.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 43, 1 February 1934, Page 5
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