An Increase of 14,288,000 Tons Since 1914
A statistical account of the present position of the shipping tonnage of the world is provided by the memorandum accompanying the edition of Lloyd's Register of Shipping. 'The figures show how position of the prin-ime nations has changed since' 1914, and how Great Britain, although her actual tonnage is slightly above the pre-war level, to the world's total fallen back.) the 12 months are as follows: This is, of course, accounted for by the millions of tons of shipping which were launched in the United States in, the last years of the war and those immediately succeeding the Armistice.
Not the least interesting set of figures which Lloyd's Register supplies is that bearing on the age of v Is now afloat. They are placed in groups, and as after a ship has xbout 20 to 25 years she is sing quickly into the obsolete these pigmies give an idea of the amount of replacement work
jail to be carried out in the ship-that would in normal eirommnstanses yards in the not very remote future.
Te Britis Position.
In the first place a table of the world's. existing tonnage may be given.
Sailing vessels 4,680 3,027,854 Stewm and motor 20,255 61,342,952
Total 33,935 64,370,786 In the general statistics only the seagoing steel and iron steamers xnd motor vessels owned by the principal maritime countries are included. The United Kingdom heads the list with 19,053,000 tons for June, 1922, an increase of only 176,000 tons over June, 1914, notwithstanding the large amount of ex-enemy tonnage" allocated to British' ownership and included in these figures. The United States is second with 19,506,000 tons, an increase on 1914 of 10,669,000 tons.
The other countries in which the largest increases are recorded are: Japan, 1,653,000 tons; France, 1,3%5.000 tons; Italy, 1,172,000 tons and Holland, 1,142,000 tons. As in the case of the United Kingdom, the figures for France and Italy i elude a considerable amount of ex-enemy tonnage allocated to these countries.
While in 1914 Germany ranked next to the United Kingdom with over 5,000,000 tons of seagoing steel and iron steamers, such tonnage now stands at only 1,783,000 tons. The United tates percentage of the world's seagoing steel and iron steam tonnage has increased from
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