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Shipbuilding NEW YORK VOL. 52 Ship operation CLEVELAND MARCH, 1922 Ship maintenance Marine Review LONDON No. 3 German Shipping inthe New Year Teutons Make Headway in Regaining Marine Strength but Reports of Phenomenal Recovery Are Misleading AMBURG is the home of a Ger- man shipowner of the old school who before the war was engaged im the lucrative trade between North sea ports, the East and Australia. He is typical of the aggressive, shrewd, practical men who made the German mercantile marine one of the most im- portant in the world. Therefore, his comment ion the present state of Ger- man shipping is both succinct and in- formative. “We have about 600,000 tons of ships at present,” he said, ‘or about a tenth of our prewar fleet. We were brought low by the peace treaty. In fact, the war and its aftermath knocked us out clean. We lave only recently been able to hobble back into the ring, and we are still using a crutch. “This crutch,” and the old Teuton grinned, “was made in the United States. BY H. COLE ESTEP, European Manager, Marine Review TTUTVOATUUUOATITUUVHUTUOGHIIUOONTUUGATIUUOGITTCUOATIUVOTAUIVOGAUILUOATLLUGLIUOLULHLIUOLMUULULLUOGSEeOULLLEURLEALLLLGELLLCGeELUELeL EW Americans have been able to gain a clear insight into the marine activities of the Germans since the war. Reports have been common reciting the tremendous activity of the German ship- yards. Visible evidence of returning strength has been given by the occasional German vessels reaching American ports, Lately, it has been customary to in- terpret these signs as indicative of a sud- denly regained and irresistible strength. In this article, the European manager cof Marine Review interprets the economic meaning of German marine activities. He points out very clearly that American shipping will find England, not Germany, the major competitor. QUOQUQUUQUVUQUQQUQOQOQOUNUOUOUOUOQOUOUOCOUUUUUOULUUOUOOOUUOOOOOOGOUOOOOUOOUOOUOOOOOUUOUOUETOTAUOLOTTOT GUTTA American ‘steamers are the prop of Ger- man overseas commerce at the present time. America has over twice as many ships as we had before the war, and we're teaching some of the owners how to run them. For the present the Ameri- cans have the ships and we Germans the organization and experience.” The old shipowner now ‘became exceptionally candid, for the was not talking tto an American but to a close friend who ‘lived in a nearby neutral country. “What we lintend to do is to pick the Ameri- cans’ pockets,” he said, “and of course they expect to acquire our brains—our kinowledge and experience in the ship- ping game. But it is much easier to pick an open pocket than a closed brain. We Germans are not going to give the Americans any more benefit from our knowledge and experience than is con- sistertt with our ultimate object, which is the development and eventual suprem- acy of German, not American shipping. The time will come when we will kick GENERAL VIEW OF THE GERMANIAWERFT, KRUPP’S SHIPYARD AT KIEL. ALLIANCES OF SHIPPING, SHIPYARD AND MANUFACTURING COMPANIES ARE QUITE COMMON 95