WORLD’S LARGEST SHIPOWNERS.
A list from the 1922-1923 Lloyd's Register of the 50 largest steamship lines in the world reveals several interesting facts. Four British companies head the list, while' the largest non-British line flies the flag:, of the latest entrant into the ranks of maritime Powers—Japan. More than half of the first 50 are also British. Following • is the list:
Gross toa6. British India S.N. Co. (British) ... ... 907,357 Furness Lines (British) ... 765,027 A. Holt and Co. (British) ... 890^37" EUevman Lines, Ltd. (British) ... 568,623. Nippon Yusen Kaisha (Japanese) ... 567,025, Com. Gen. Transatlantiqne (French) ... 527,599 Peninsular and Oriental Co. (British) ... 518,12* White Mar Line (British) ... 458,521 Standard Oil Co.. N.J. 1 (U.S.) ... 455,367 Osaka Shown Kaisha (Japanese) ... 427,475 Cunard S.S. Co. (British) ... 423,511 Anglo-Saxon Petrol Co. (British) ... 406,524 Canadian Pacific S.S., Ltd. (British) ... 403,656 „; Holland-America Line (Dutch) ... 376,372. J Royal Mail P.P. Co. (British) ... 372,978A«< Me'snageries. Maritimes (French) ... ... 357,i?8jj£' • Netherlands S.S. Co. (Dutch) Union Castle Mail S.S. Co. (But**) ... 352,75155Elder, Dempster, and Co. (British) ... 35Q.«?V" Lamport and Holt. Ltd. (British) ... ... 32^,865.Llovd Hoval Beige (Belgian) 3WJ5S3 Clan Lino (British) ... 308,Q8S Koknsai Kisen Kaisha (Japanese) „t, 301,819 Canadian Gov. Mer. Mar. (British) ..." ,387,215.' Cliargcurs Reunis (French) ... 237,151 British Tanker, Ltd (British) ... 283,481 Rotterdam Lloyd (Dutch) . ... ' ... ... 281,183 F. Levland and Co., Ltd. (British) ... 277,252 Charcnte S.S. Co. (British) ... 275,41* Union S.S. Co. (British) ... 2GS,278 Nav. Gen. Italiana (Italian) ... 247,833 Hain S.S. Co. (British) ... 233,157 Willi. Wilhelmsen (Norwegian) ... 247,040 United S.S. Co. (Danish) ... 219,450 Pacific S.N. Co. (British) ... 218,43ft- - Federal S.N. Co. (British) ' .'. ._ 208.584" Iiamburp-American Line (German) .- „. 199,833 . Com. and Uom. Lin" (British) ... 196.545 ' Bora! Packet Co. (Dutch) ... 195,677 Ellerman's Wilson Line rBritish) ... 194.465 U.S. Steel Products Co. (U.S.) .... ... ... 192.733 ' Anchor-Brocklebank Line (British) ... 190,387. Standard Transp. Co. (U.S.) ... ... ... 186,037 Commonwealth Oov. Line (British) ■ „. 182,344 Roval N.'tlierlands S,S. Co. (Dutch) Anchor Line (British) ... ■■• ... 180,572 ... 180,188 Sota v Aznar (Spanish) ... 178,516- " Pan-Amor. Petrol and Tr. Co. (U.S.) ... 175,4*5 i United American Lines (U.S.) ... 174,838 : 1
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18877, 1 June 1923, Page 5
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318WORLD’S LARGEST SHIPOWNERS. Otago Daily Times, Issue 18877, 1 June 1923, Page 5
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