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July, 1920 a vote of condemnation on the district official delegate and the district com- mittee for allowing mechanical scal- ing hammers to be introduced and demonstrated in Cammell Laird's works, Birkenhead, after the refusal of Harland & Wolff's men at Booth to use them. These troublemakers are threatening to take drastic action should this labor-saving device be in- troduced on the Liverpool side of the river. ek ok OLLOWING the big increase in port of London dues occasioned by the huge extra sums to be paid the dockers, it has been decided to raise the existing dock and warehouse dues, rates and charges from 85 per cent THE MARINE : REVIEW strong, Whitworth & Co., Ltd., for the Bergen Steamship Co., and is likely to mark an important step forward in quick traveling between England and Norway. wegian mercantile fleet also continues, by tonnage built on the northeast coast of England. .A 2600-ton steamer has been launched by Osbourne, Graham & Co., Ltd., Sunderland; a 6200-ton dead- weight steamer, Rycja, built by John Blumer & Co., North Dock, Sunderland, has also been launched for a firm at Bergen and a general cargo and pas- senger steamer has been built for Tron- dhjem owners. This last named boat js said to be the first merchant vessel to be fitted with Barr & Stroud's range- finder, which gives the» actual distance The expansion of the Nor- - 401 creased during the past five years from £12,120 to £25,594 (nominally from $60,000 to $128,000), a rise of over 100 per cent. This comparison is quite apart from the extra charges and loss of time arising from the in- ability to obtain anything like a quick turn-round. ck 8 "T8 largest ship ever built in the Isle of Wight, the Arconne, has been recently completed by J. Samuel White & Co., East Cowes, to the order of French owners. The length overall is 293 feet, beam 40 feet, deadweight 3000 tons. The vessel is divided into seven watertight compartments consist- ing of forepeak, two fore cargo holds, engine and boiler space, two after cargo FOONVOUVOUNORUUUOUULOEUUUUUCUEUEUUOEUUOE UU eT odrcleavneemnaniatd Dg PO dL hdl 5 al yaad pre tals a it ca TL LAUNCHING S. S. ARGONNE, THE LARGEST VESSEL EVER BUILT ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT to 150 per cent; dock dues on vessels in Class 1 will be raised from 82% Per cent to 14714 per cent; and rent on vessels and lighters from 70 +o 135 per cent. The Mersey dock and harbor board has decided to increase the charges for appropriated berths at the Liverpool and. Birkenhead docks as from July 2 next. Dock dues at Bristol and Swansea are also to be Increased. koe TRADE between the Tyne and Scan- ie dinavia is growing rapidly and with i ae of passenger steamers ply- Yes Newcastle and Bergen and ne urg, additional berth accommo- a si be needed at the first-named ing oa eweastle Quay, England, is be- ey ae to meet the larger needs ao candinavian trade. The 17-knot in turbine steamer LepA is now S completed by Sir W. G. Arm- of any object at sea at a single reading. The Gunny, a steamer built to the or- der of John Eliassen, of Bergen, 299 feet long, with a deadweight capacity of 4050 tons 'has been launched by Eltringham & Co., Ltd., of Willington Quay on Tyne. 2 ae ee ELAY in port is at the present time a material factor in the in- creased cost of operating ships. Off- cial statistics of the number of ves- sels awaiting berths give only a gen- eral impression of the waste of ship- ping resources arising from detention. Nor are port delays the only factor which have gone to increase the cost of overseas transport. Statistics of ships running in the Indian service from Birkenhead, England, and New- port, Wales, show that port charges, bunker. coal, running expenses, etc., for a single round voyage have in- holds and after peak. The total carzo capacity of the holds is 132,700 cubic feet. The propelling machinery, con- structed by the builders, consists of a set of vertical, inverted, triple-expansion, surface-condensing engines. oe oe N AMALGAMATION of the in- terests of Richardson Duck & Co., Thornaby, England, and Blair & Co., Stockton, England, is reported. The controlling interest in these Tees river firms has been secured by J. C. Gould, Cardiff, Wales, in connection with Goulds Steamships & Industries, Ltd. The sum involved is approximately £2,250,000 ($8,600,000). Blair's engi- neering works is one of the oldest in the country. At Richardson Duck & Co.'s shipyard there are four berths from which a total tonnage of 20,913 was turned out last year. In 1914 the profits of the shipyard totaled £40,-