WORLD SHIPBUILDING
PAST QUARTER'S RETURNS
BRITAIN'S INCREASED TOTAL
MORE ACTIVITY IN YARDS
ERA OF MOTOR-VESSELS
By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright (Received January IT. 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 1G The total tonnage under construction in British shipyards shows a further steady increase according to Lloyd's returns for the three months ended December 31 last. The total construction at that date was 331.541 tons, which was 106,044 tons more than at the corresponding date in the previous year. The tonnage under construction abroad was 425,736, or about 27,000 tons less than the work in hand on September 30 and the lowest recorded for foreign shipyards since 1909. The five leading countries abroad were: Japan, 106,760 tons; France, 90,656; Sweden, 64,640; Holland, 40,540; and Spain, 35,724. Nineteen oil tankers were under construction, totalling 117,608 tons, of which 31,026 tons were being built in Britain and Ireland, 41,100 in Sweden and 19.200 in Japan. British construction included 112,276 tons of motor-ships, and the motorship tonnage abroad was 305,978 tons. This exceeded the steamer tonnage by 188,490 tons.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21702, 18 January 1934, Page 9
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