THE WORLD'S SHIPPING
• 12,000,000 TONS INCREASE IN SEVEN YEARS. AMERICA’S GREAT ADVANCE. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received July 19, 10.30 p.m.) LONDON, July 18. Lloyd’s Register of Shipping shows that the world’s tonnage pf iron and steel steamers is 54,217,000, compared with 42,614,000 in June, 1914. The United Kingdom has 19,288,000 tons, compared with 18,877,000; the I nited States 12.314,000, compared with 1,837,000; Germany 654,000, compared .with 5,098,000; Japan 3,063,000, pompared with 1,642,000. The number of ■vessels fitted with internal combustion engines increased from 290 to 1447, aggregating 1,263,000 tons. Vessels using oil fuel for boilers increased from 364 T to 2536, aggregating 12,797,000 tons. 1 Tho Register records the names of 33,206 vessels, aggregating 61,974,653 gross tonnage.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10957, 20 July 1921, Page 5
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