Growing Tendency Towards Motor Ships London, Jan, 7.
Lioyd's shipbuilding returns for the quarter ending December 31 show a world-wide improvement in the world figures 721 tons.
The figures for Great Britain and Ireland are double those of December, 1926, namely 1,879,713 tons which are now building, of which over 200,000 tons will be registered in the Dominions.
Germany is building 472,295 tou and Italy, Holland, Franco Sweden over 100,000' tons each, but in no country is the tonnage commenced during the quarter ending Decemier 31 sufficient to replace the tonnage launched There is a remarkably increase in tanker construction, which represents hourly 24 per cent, of the {otal world tonnage under 2>astrue-
Ship-owners are favouring more and more motor-ships, whish re-rosen: 41 per cent of the total ton-page building in Great Britain and Ireland and over 62 per cent, of the total being built abroad.
Jan, 6.
One of four 20,000-ton passenger liners will be launched on January Brown & Ca., and will be christened 24 from the yards of Messrs. John The Duchess of Bedford" by Mrs. Baldwin, the wife of the Premier.
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