ENGLAND LEADS THE WORLD.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 89, 21 May 1914, Page 9

ENGLAND LEADS THE WORLD.

m SOME INTERESTING STATISTICS. The position of the English nation, in" the maritime world is well reflected in the statistics for 19111 just-issued by the Suez .Canal Direction. The following percentages show how the tonnage using the canal was distributed under the different flags: —

Compared with 1912, the English tonnage in 1913 has decreased a little more than :> per cent., while that of the other nationalities shows an increase** It is interesting to note that out of 297 ships in ballast no fewer than 206 were English. The number of ships having effected the total number of passages through the canal was .1750 ships for 5085 passages, while .'516 ships went through the eaual for the first time, which is about the usual proportion. The subjoined are the number of ships with special features: —

It will be noticed that the first three companies are English, and that the following six are foreign. The largest increases in tonnage have been recorded by the Hansa line, 157,000 tons; Messrs Alfred Holt and Co., 147,000 tons; and the British India, 147,000 tons.

1913 1912 1911 p.c. p.c. p.c. English 60.2 63.4 64.0 16.7 14.9 15.2 Dutch .. .. 6.4 / 6.1 5.3 French .. 4.7 3.9 4.5 Anstro-Huiiaariau i 4.2 4.0 3.4

1913. 1912. 15 with 3 screws .. 14 2 with 4 screws .. '— 14 with turbines .. 12 8,'J using oil fuel .. 64 18 with oil motors .. 7 The following is a list of owners according to importance of tonnage:— '■i 1913 1912 1911 (In thousands of tons.) | Ellennan .. .. 1328 1242 1158 P. and 0. .. ~. 1285 1212 1205 Alfred Holt .. .. 1162 1015 1003 Hansa 3037 880 848 Hamburg-Amerika 790 695 594 Messageries Maritimes 678 583 603 Norddeutseher Lloyd 630 608 . 595 Rotterdamsche Lloyd 564 468 391 Nederland .'. .. 552 565 452