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World Shipbuilding Shows Substantial Increase of the world’s merchant ship- building, especially in motor ves- sels, are shown by the returns of Lloyd’s Register of Shipping for the quarter ended June 30 last. A gain of 137,000 gross tons, or about 13 per cent more than the total under way at the end of the March quarter, is reported for all merchant vessels of 100 gross tons and over under way in all countries except Russia. The present world total of 1,216,- 340 gross tons is nearly 500,000 tons above the amount of shipping under construction at this time last year. Great Britain and Ireland alone are now building 105,000 tons more than they were at the end of March. For the United States the increase during the last quarter was 247 tons. F URTHER increases in the volume Gain in Shipbuilding The following comparison is given of gross tonnage of shipbuilding in hand during the last two quarters: June 30, Mar. 31, 1934 1934 Great Britain and Ireland... 587,142 481,440 Winited Staves) sick..cicsssssesccss 27,581 27,334 Other countries .........cceceee 601,617 570,397 World: totalicssccscssstscssecsacaes 1,216,340 1,079,171 Great Britain and Ireland are now building nearly one-half of all the merchant tonnage being constructed throughout the world, their propor- tion standing at 48.3 per cent, as compared with 44.6 per cent at the end of the March quarter. The United States has only 2.3 per cent. as against 2.5 per cent in March, and the other countries, taken as a group, are now building 49.4 per cent of the total, as contrasted with 52.9 per cent in the March quarter. The total of new merchant ship- building begun during the quarter ended June 30 was nearly twice the volume of that launched in the same period, replacements being 122,000 gross tons more than the shipping sent down the ways toward comple- tion, For Great Britain and Ireland, new construction represented more than four times the tonnage launched. Comparisons between the new work begun and_ (the shipping launched during the last two quar- ters are shown in the following ta- ble of gross tons: New Work June 30, Mar. 31, 1934 19384 Great Britain and Ireland.. 146,653 202.612 Other Countries ......cccsereeee 121,150 256,323 EWORIG= TOCA sca sassssssavenncosessioa 267,803 458,935 Launchings Great Britain and Ireland... 35,828 84,839 Other Countries .......:ccsseeee 109,319 50,528 WOT TOCAL ccsisaseccascsssateenes 145,147 85,3867 18 Increased construction of steam and motor tankers of 1000 gross tons each, and upwards, is shown in the following table of gross tonnage: June 30, Mar. 31, 1934 1934 Great Britain and Ireland.. 101,500 82,526 WEMMALK iivsecsccvecatascecscesesescenss 34,950 16,070 FO UUATG: ver cilcdocersbeceendascatecssese 26,770 23,570 GETINATIY 2 irc urerstccreyecsasdbsenesecess 24,900 24,900 SV ECON eecccsusvenscccuosesepscorsestacesesss 24,700 32,100 United States .............sbies 23,400 14,100 DRDO eieisceveessdusssctsscess cesenssesss 19,200 19,200 line higee cere rete, ncoeererrpcrt tia Crees 17,900 17,900 QOGHERSI As cies eenucncsareavsvavesereanensss 4,524 18,212 World total .....c...cccceeeseee 277,844 248,578 Of the total of 277,844 gross tons of tankers now building, 240,420 tons are motor vessels, Increase in Motorships Sharp increases in the volume of motorships under construction were reported in the quarter just ended, their total showing an increase of more than 100,000 gross tons, while for all other types of vessels com- bined the gain over the March quar- ter was only 33,000 tons. The bulk of this increase was in Great Britain and Ireland. The comparison for motorship construction for the last two quarters is given in the follow- ing gross tonnage table: June 30, Mar. 31, 1934 1934 Great Britain and Ireland.. 279,632 175,687 DAVATA Ss escvhcscasch sravscitaveesuesiansvcbes 116,680 119,590 Denmarls oe iesictascusmeeecare 57,450 44,390 Poland ite A eeccecisasvcieen ssetacceuses 51,330 50,880 Swed ene siiricavssssststeieeencnn 49,025 45,800 TRA eccicieeeirencs enor seein 46,700 46,700 GEL MATY oie c aevcs occ dacapnee ie sees 43,600 47,530 United States ........:.ccccctde. 6,319 5,919 As a result of the increase in mo- torship building about 57 per cent of all merchant ships now building will be run with internal combustion engines, the remaining 43 per cent being composed of vessels of all oth- er types. A comparison for the past two quarters is given in the follow- ing table of gross tonnage. June 30, Mar. 31, 1934 1934 Motor <-Vesseleo iii fedesicaskess 692,535 588,589 Opher: tyMeS. aiiiss- ainsasacserrncess 523,805 490,582 Motel icaiiesssetasshisaei erence 1,216,340 1,079,171 For the first time in their history, Great Britain and Ireland are now devoting almost 50 per cent of their construction to motor vessels. In the March quarter only 36.5 per cent of the building in these countries was composed of motorized ships, while in the quarter just ended the pro- portion increased to 47.6 per cent. For the other countries, taken as a group, 65.6 per cent of the total pres- ent. construction is motorships, as compared with 69.1 per cent in the March quarter. The contrasts in types of building in these groups of countries at pres- MARINE REvVIEw—August, 1934 ent are shown in the following ton- nage table: Great Britain Other and Ireland Countries Motor vessels .......cecccsees 279,632 412,903 Other: types: ine 307,510 216,295 A Wot sic) Gece eatens itor eperrrannnns gor 587,142 629,128 Returns’ giving the aggregate power of all types of marine engines being built or installed throughout the world, show a marked gain in the production of oil engines, the total indicated horsepower advancing from 668,219 in the March quarter to 817,499 in the quarter just ended. For Great Britain and Ireland the total rose from 174,132 at the end of March to 276,311 at the end of June. Japan’s figure advanced from 122,760 to 125,080; Germany’s from 73,729 to 79,031, and Sweden’s from 50,492 to 74,642. For Holland there was a decrease from 92,540 to 69,- 700, while Italy’s total rose from 18,250 to 57,500, and Denmark’s from 42,750 to 48,580. The United States showed a slight decline from 115626 tO 41,165: Steam Turbine Horsepower Up For steam turbines the aggregate shaft horsepower for all countries advanced from 513,848 at the end of the March quarter to 595,407 at the end of June. Great Britain and Ire- land showed a slight decrease, their figure falling from 310,835 shaft horsepower to 308,380; but the to- tal for France grew from 186,300 to 224,300, and for Germany from 11,- Tey CORD ORT Qt; There was also an advance in the indicated horsepower of steam _ re- ciprocating engines during the last quarter, the total for all countries rising from 112,958 to 138,018. For Great Britain and Ireland the gain was from 75,758 to 94,528. There were no_ radical changes during the quarter just ended in the relative production ranking of the various shipbuilding countries. Spain, with a decrease of about 14,000 tons dropped from ninth place to last, bringing the United States, with a gain of only about 250 tons, from tenth place to ninth. How the various countries com- pared in shipbuilding output during the last two quarters is shown in the following table of gross tonnage: June 30, Mar. 31, 1934 1934 Great Britain and Ireland... 587,142 481,440 DADAM scccstiiseece Groeten 137,280 122,590 ag of 8 oe, “er eneeeer eee haeerer i es rues 104,500 103,188 Germany 2. aiiiaccis esas 91,145 82,650 Denmark: Giicchsuwc owen 66,650 51,140 Holand yesh aaiecccrsssesacrerens 54,765 51,315 Sweden osiciain alc wescisnsane 49,025 47,340 MG a a aeh seca tec cagtew ance coeohonnens 47,670 47,670 United? States iy. iicicsccccssiecs 27,581 27,334 SSI sek ewer ekieosss 20,592 34.480 Six large merchant vessels, of 20,- 000 gross tons and upwards are now being built; but five of these are un- der construction in Great Britain, which had three of this type build- ing in the previous quarter. France has the other large ship in hand, as in the March quarter,