THE WORLD'S SHIPPING.
THE LATEST RETURNS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn:) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, Jan. 19. Lloyds' Register, in its annual summary of the world shipbuilding for 1926, shows that GOO vessels of a tonnage of 1,67-4,000 were launched throughout the world, of which 639,000 tons were in Great Britain and Ireland. The decrease throughout the world compared with 1925 was 528,000 tons, and the decrease in Great Britain and Ireland was 445,000 tens. Compared with Mie record year, 1919, the decrease for the world was neariy 5,500,000 tons. The largest vessel was the turbiner, lie de France, of 43,000 , tons. The tonnage afloat in June, 1926, was 59,117,000 compared' with 42,514,000 in June, 1914. The tonnage of tankers was now 5,665,000 compared * with 1,479,000 in 1914, and motor ships 3.500,000, compared with 234,000, while the tonnage of steamers fitted with oil fuel was 18,250,000 compared with i,310,000.
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Waikato Times, Volume 102, Issue 17006, 20 January 1927, Page 6
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151THE WORLD'S SHIPPING. Waikato Times, Volume 102, Issue 17006, 20 January 1927, Page 6
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