SHIPBUILDING IN
SHANGHAI
BUBY INDUSTRY FOSTERED BY
THE WAR
There are immediate prospects of mething like 25 ship. Being balls, in Shanghai in the immediate future, waya Contacts for the N.C. Dai Newa." all of these have not, we are informed, yet been signed bre, the contemplated. activities of yard in Shangbai jurity auch in estimate. The matrem, lai bij singulas importance to this port as it More to show what are enctly its Kapabilities an • shipbuilding centre
in the consideration of certain of dotails of the work shows how Changbai can be clavated to a prominent. position in this sphere..
The greaser position of this work nuot at come a looked upon as dosely com moted with the war. Consequently it!
a trips indication of what Shanghai. conditions
hee to expect was a
in prevall. But the set pho luring inquiry Norta China Daily News Sepresentative lend some support
the belief that work done apon vor. sch lines might well lead to the estab lishment of a very considerable shipbuild. ing industry along the banks of the Huangpu.
Under the big American contract. the Kings Decks are to build four 10,000- to him with the optica of building s further eight at the same price for the American Cernment. The Old Dook is to take. "four standard ships to and it 5,000 tomkach, one of which has actually been started the New Engineer ing Works have two hosts in hand, one) airpleting and the other quite recently Launched, they have contracts for two! standard ships and after the war are to
stract four morę vessels for Norwegina | orbers. The Nicholas Tsu Engineering Workwon their part are completing twp,! starting a thist and expeer to secure enn.} tracts for three ships of "5,000 tons euch. The whole crastitutes a remarkable re.
cord for Shanghai. *
COST AND
EXCHANGE.
Te will be noticed that a fair propor-) tion of the ssels are designed to meet the requirements rated by the war and in the pinion at some of the ship ping people it is unlikely that the con tracts would have come here had it..ant! heen for the war. The reasons for this means interesting, opinion are by ro and are found to circle and the ques tion of exchange for the gresker, part,| though China's inability sat of her own industry to furnish materials for the work is no inconsiderable factor.
The average cost of vessel built in Shanghai has been estimated at Tls. 100 pee tom which do not include the ext yol material, At the prevailing rate of eschange this would work out at 25 per to aid even if the tael went back to 2/6 the cost would be £12.10.0 per tou against which ships have been built at home for so low a cost an £25. includ ing material. The fact of a drog in ex change would not affect the cost of "Laid- ing in China to. suy appreciable, extent, for Tls. 100 would always be Tis, 100 so far as China, is encerned, but it would make a very real diference to the foreign buyer who would naturally por la bris erat, although oven wen the price might be the cheapest obtaíz.
able
One of the greatest difficulties under which shipbuilders in thina labour is."
conse, the absence of any home sup. pies suitable for the main process of building "These have to be imported". and consequently to the original, cost of the materials fright has to be added, in lem which is considerable imponsive nowadays and is not it all likely to be very much less in the near future. "
KETALS CLOSE AT HAND.
It would, therefore, seem that if Shoghai is to rank permanently is a Ahigballding centre host of the work towards that end will have to be done In Chin and by the Chinese. Iron ships.
at present have to be made of imported
ails, though itos galore is to be bu
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