SHIPPING TONNAGE
LAUNCHINGS MUCH LESS. WORLD POSITION. Rente-V Telewam LONDON, January 22. “Thirty par cent, lower tonnage was launched in British shipbuilding yards in 1923 than during any peace year since 1892,” states Lloyd's “Register of Shipping.” The total was 645,000 tons, a decrease of 385,000 tons compared with 1922, representing! 99.2 per cent, of the world’s output for 1923, as compared with 41.8 per cent, in 1922, and 53- per cent, in 1903. A total tonnage of 1,643,000 wna launched throughout the world in 1923, a reduction of 824,000 tons compared with 1922, and no fewer than 5,250,000 tons compared with the record year of 1919. On December 31st 2,444,000 tons were building throughout the world, a reduction of 510,000 tons compared with the twelve months previously.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11735, 24 January 1924, Page 10
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