New York, Oct. 13.
A decline of more than 150,000 gross tons in world ship construction during the past three months, bringing the total tonnage building. to the lowest level since the war, was reported by Lloyd's Register ina survey covering time countries, for the quarter ending September 30. While general ship construction has been decreasing throughout the current year, with the exception of motor vessels, the present return shows a decline in that line als representing about 40,000 gross tons less than in the previous quarter The only increases were shown Italy" and Holland. GreatBritain and Ireland reported a decrease of $4,000 tons, France of 19,000 tons, Denmark, 7/000 tons and the United States 22,000 tons. Germany show. cel the greatest drop of all—more than 100,000 tons There was little change in the ranking of the various leading shipbuilding nations "during the past quarter. Great Britain and Ireland, Germany, Italy, France and. Hol: land, retained their positions in the order named, as in the last quarter. Sweden broke into the ranks of nations with more than 50,000 tons under way, and Japan was merged into the list of "Other countries," her total at the end of the last quarter having been only 69,000 tons. This brings the United States to the bottom of the Fist of count ries for which individual returns ave given. Denmark, whom she Jed the June quarter, has pushed slight-
The: check in the motor vessel building boom was said to be due to the decrease in that class of construction in the yards of Great Britain and Ireland chiefly, Figures for the ormer Maritime countries combined show a slight increase, 'A decrease in the tonnage of tankers building, as compared with the total at the end of the June quarter, but an increase over a year ago, was shown by Lloyd's returns, somewhat encouraging feature was seen in the fact that new work begun during the last quarter was somewhat in excess of launchings, while in the previous quarter, th reverse was the case—Reuter's American Service.
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