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World Shipbuilding Increase ls Over 40 Per Cent GAIN of over 40 per cent in A the volume of merchant ship- building under way throughout the world is shown by the returns of Lloyd’s Register of Shipping for the quarter ended March 31. More than a million gross tons of merchant ves- sels are now in hand, as compared with 757,000 tons in the previous quar- ter. At this time last year 740,000 tons were building. The greatest gain is reported for Great Britain and Ireland, which now have under way 150,000 gross tons more than at the beginning of this year. For Germany an increase of 60,- 000 tons is reported, for Italy 36,000 tons, and for Denmark 26,000 tons, and for the United States, an increase of 15,000 tons. The comparison of the volume of tonnage in hand in the last two quar- ters is given in the following table, showing the gross tons of merchant vessels being built: March 31, Dee. 31, 1934 19383 Great Britain & Ireland.... 481,440 331,541 United States ...........:..00cceee 27,3834 12,373 Other countries. .............0000 570,397 413,363 WOTLA= COUR Le iesinetacssecviness 1,079,171 757,277 Only 2.5 Per Cent for U. S. Of the total output, 44.6 per cent is being built by Great Britain and Ire- land, 2.5 per cent by the United States, and 52.9 per cent by the other coun- tries combined. At the beginning of 1933, Great Britain and Ireland were building only 29.5 per cent of the world output, as compared with 7.7 per cent for the United States, and 62.8 per cent for the other countries. Of the present total of 1,079,171 gross tons, representing all merchant vessels of 100 gross tons and upwards being constructed in all countries ex- cept Russia, 807,820 tons are being built under the supervision of Lloyd’s New work begun during the last quarter throughout the world was largely in excess of that launched dur- ing the same period, the replacements being about 375,000 gross tons more than the tonnage sent down the ways towards completion. The comparison between new work and tonnage launched in the last two quarters is given in the foliowing table, representing gross tons: New Work March 31, _ Dee. 31, 1934 1933 Great Britain & Ireland.... 202,612 74,581 Other countries ........cccee 256,323 66,840 World: total) xoiisccvciscccs 458,935 141,421 Launchings March 81, Dec. 31, 1934 1933 Great Britain & Ireland.... 34,839 65,174 Other cOUNLVIES © y..ccccccccseeeers 50,528 105,769 SWOLlG GOERS sivsrscscipasevocerss 85,367 170,943 30 Construction of steam and motor tankers of 1000 gross tons each, and upwards, is now more than double what it was at the beginning of this year. Tanker Construction Compared Tanker construction for the last two quarters is shown in the following table of gross tonnage: March 31, _ Dec. 31, 1934 1933 Great Britain & Ireland.... 82,526 31,026 I WiGGEN ric sieterstnees Sir coen eat cases 82,100 41,100 Germany i.Ga ann. iss DANY) OMG erate ea de Kod Wy ais Cesta eeniceen sy lee tanner ee QBrB i Oiias crates CIES) of: eVaepegeegsaneis (ete oe teey rales ree 19,200 19,200 Poss OCs 8 ¢ Ree a apenas ER an Been ae 18,212 18,212 1 Ich EF ASAP SS SRN a Oa RAO ee OOOH Saeco ccs MONI AHKE = eventos ceo eects 16,070 8,070 MIMIbeds States’ oii ececicccsessvctcsss PAVOOF teeters 4 Wiorld= tote limaicaiesscccccnsssee 248,578 117,608 Of the 248,578 gross tons now build- ing, 217,718 tons are motor tankers. Motorized vessels continue to be built in greater volume than all other types of merchant tonnage combined. During the quarter just ended the total of motorship construction under way showed a gain over the previous quarter of 170,000 gross tons, while for other types of vessels the gain was about 150,000 tons. As a result, 54.6 per cent of all tonnage now under way represents motorized vessels, as against 45.4 per cent for other types. Work in hand of the various types during the last two quarters is shown in the following tonnage table: March 31, _ Dee. 31, 1934 1933 Motor Vessels. .......ccccccceseee 588,589 418,254 ODHEM EVD OS ccs iy cstedsesastsvaaonnce 490,582 339,023 EROUSI e eiecetiasi six sesatcisceesseaeces 1,079,171 arly Are Increase in Motorship Construction During the quarter just ended the motorship tonnage under way in Great Britain and Ireland increased 63,000 gross tons, while for the other countries combined there was a gain of about 107,000 tons. Of the total ton- nage building now in Great Britain and Ireland, 36.5 is to be: motorized, while for the other countries com- bined, 69.1 is to be of this type. At this time last year, motorships repre- sented 24 per cent of the total produc- tion of Great Britain and Ireland and 72 per cent of that of the other coun- tries combined. The motorized ton- nage building a year ago in Great Britain and Ireland was only 58,981 gross tons, as compared with 351,172 tons for the other countries combined. The present contrast in types of shipbuilding in these groups of coun- tries is shown in the following table, Great Britain Other & Ireland Countries Motor Vessels » 175,687 412,902 Other types 305,753 184,829 id No) eF 23 ance aaa A a Se Ta 481,440 597,731 MARINE REVIEW—May, 1934 All the maritime countries except Sweden, which had a decline of 17,000 gross tons, showed increases in motor- ship construction during the quarter just ended, as shown in the following gross tonnage table, covering the last two quarters: March 31, Dec. 31, 1934 1933 Great Britain & Ireland.... 175,687 112,276 3 of: 1a BPE Sat ERCP S reer TCE 119,590 95,660 NS Fell teas Uiapareerttsat nt me Ree re eae 50,880 40,105 GOT NY. senisieieis hahaa cacsanoauatens 47,530 21,510 TGEVys cactdecesisahicveshaccsevaccusiceresstie 46,700 11,200 SOOGOT cas iiceccussacceusvesseocoudenesae 45,800 63,100 MD OTAIT Ee ccs aericcsecsysvecseupucustasucs 44,390 21,997 SUP UITL Ware setuisssvosvcosasvaswepessectseass 29,220 28,952 United iS tates ccccsiviccssesrecescee 5,919 503 Types of Motive Power For oil engines, the returns from all countries show that at the end of the March quarter the aggregate indi- cated horsepower of those in hand was 668,219, as against 621,216 at the end of December last. During the last quarter Great Britain and Ireland’s total advanced from 108,101 to 174,132. For Japan there was a slight decline, the figures dropping from 123,510 to 122,760. Holland’s aggregate also de- creased, going from 119,725 to 92,540; and Germany’s figure fell from 80,465 to 73,729. For Sweden there was a reduction from 61,045 to 50,492; but Denmark’s total advanced from 34,- 200 to 42,750, and that of the United States from 7210 to 11,626. The total shaft horsepower of steam turbines building or being installed at the end of the March quarter was 513,848, as compared with 466,082 for all countries at the end of December. For Great Britain and Ireland, the total increased from 257,755 to 310,- 835; and for France, from 172,000 to 186,300. There was also an increase during the quarter in the total indicated horsepower of reciprocating engines, the figure advancing from 85,873 at the end of December to 112,958. For Great Britain and Ireland the total rose from 72,623 to 75,758 in the same period. Lead in Shipbuilding Great Britain and Ireland, Japan and France continue to lead in the volume of tonnage building, as they did, in the order named, at the end of the December quarter, while the United States dropped from ninth to tenth place. Comparisons of the output and rank- ing during the last two quarters is shown in the following table of gross tonnage: March 81, _ Dee. 31, 1934 1933 Great Britain & Ireland.... 481,440 331,541 RAAT ciavessecantenvaxscan cheer meek 122,590 106,760 PTANCe Gee A wee hae 108,188 90,656 Germany faces 82,650 22,510 Mollands incite aio 51,315 40,540 Men mathe cannes nun 51,140 24,663 WG Ayes sy cee cee case hk easeaeeccx canescens 47,670 11,200 Sweden irc. kines 47,340 64,640 MAAN is eocuesucu se ekcss eas ruienctios 34,480 35,724 United States occ.cccccsenstesi 27,384 12,373 Of large merchant vessels, those of 20,000 gross tons and upwards, Great Britain and Ireland are now building three, aS compared with only one at the end of the previous quarter.