WORLD’S SHIPPING

Southland Times, Issue 20395, 26 January 1928, Page 7

WORLD’S SHIPPING

LLOYD’S ANNUAL SUMMARY. ACTIVITY IN GREAT BRITAIN. London, January 24. Lloyds’ Register, in an annual summary of shipbuilding for 1927, shows that 2,285,000 tons were launched throughout the world, of which 1,225,000 were in Great Britain and Ireland, 289,000 in Germany, 179,000 in the United States, and 119,000 in Holland. The tonnage launched in Great Britain and Ireland increased by 486.000 compared with 1926, but the world total decreased by 4,860,000 compared with the record year 1919. The world total includes 19 vessels each of over 10,000 tons, and of these nine are over 15,000 tons each; 336 vessels will be fitted with steam turbines and 864 with internal combustion engines.

The total steam tonnage launched in all parts of the world—namely, 1,375,000 —includes 470,000 fitted to burn oil fuel, so that out of the total world tonnage launched in 1927 only 905,000 are exclusively dependent on coal for propulsion. The tonnage under construction throughout at the end of the year was 3,119,000, an increase of 1,186,000 compared with the beginning of the year. Of this total 820,000 is in Great Britain and Ireland. The world tonnage afloat in June, 1927, was 59,688,000 compared wtih 42,514,000 in June, 1914. It is noteworthy that tankers increased from 1,479,000 to 5,916,000, motor ships from 234,000 to 4,271,000, and steamers fitted for oil fuel from 1,310,000 to 18,500,000.—A. and N.Z.