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BRITISH STEAMSHIP LINES. VESSELS AND TONNAGE OF BIG COMPANIES.
Inchcape and his co-directors are dator. mined that no effort shall be spared in strengthening and extending their ser.
Viers,
The British India Company hayy sight A table of British steamship lines whose sala under construction, of which one fleets aggregate 50,000 gross tous or up- will be of 10,000 tons, two of 8.000 tons wards published in the current issue of rach, three of 8,500 tons, in addition to
two motor vessels.
ench of 2,000 tons-a The Syren of Shipping is of great interests total of 57.500 tons. The Cunard Stearn as it shows the relative importance of our Ship big steamship undertakings. The number
building.
This time last year they of firms which are listel is 38, which is ons any have five ressels of 76,000
had six identical with the total for the preceding 4,100 tons, but since then they live
under
construction aggregating FRA year. These companies have a
OWNL a joint
eived the Francas from the builders." ery, including vessels, building, of
The Royal Mail Steam
Packet Сстарант hip. of 13,360,302 gris tons, which works have thre ships totalling 50,000 tons, out to an average size of over 8,120
เม It is interesting to note that the world while two of the lines associated with total of seagoing stearers and motor ships her have abogonsiderable building pra- is about $5,000,000 tons, of which over rammes in hand. Thus the Elder Drap- 21,000,000 tons are owned in Great Britain Ster fleet will be strengthened by three vessels representing 19,500 tons and the and the British Dominiona
Union-Castle Line by a magnificent motor ship of about 20,000 tons,
9.184
NEW HOLT VESSELS.
Messrs., Alfred Holt. havo sayen vowels building, and those when complete, will add 50,100 tons to their already vast doet. Notable additions to the ownery of Mesery. Furness, Withy and Company are ako in progress, comprising five motor-ships of
The Union Steamship Com-] 23,800 tons. pany of New Zealand have building ships telling 25,300 tons tak the Anchor Line a ke number but aggregating 30,100 to,
Comparing these figures with these for 1914 it appears that, while, the world's total of sen-going tonnage has increase! by about 15 million tons, Great Britain and her Dominions have only augmented their tonnage by a little over 1,000.000 tens, for which Great Britain and Ireland The ara responsible for about 200,000 tons, Intter Egura may appear small compared with the world increase, but it must be retzenbered that there was a vast war los to be reckoned with. In fact, sans of the companies appearing in the journal's List have not yet mads good the wastage of their fasts dies to enemy, action.
Other firms whose returnà afford striking A comparison of the present table with evidence of their determination to bring: those for the two previous years shows their services thoroughly up to date are that there has been a marked alteration. the Orient Steam Navigation Company. It is interesting to note that there is com who have two splendid ships, totalling ons 40.000 tons an over; Donaldson. Brothers, paratively little roshuing of the positionsimit, with three of. 93,500 tour; Elders
in
in the table as compared with the
years. Placy of honour is and Fyffes, three of 17,000 tons; and to the British India Steam Messrs. Andrew Weir and Company nine Navigation Company, Limited, with n of 44.210 tons. „total of 829,514 fons, against 500,205 tops in 1999 and 7,218 in the previous year, This
tonnage is comprised in 143 vessels, against 166 in 1995, but it is interesting to note that the present flirt in commission or building has an average size per unit at 7.723 tons, against the 5.363 tons of last year
INCREASED TONNAGE,
consisting of
The Atlantic Transport Line have a sister to their finnewaska-ho Minne tonka-under construction, but with this exception there are no outstanding vessels building for the North Atlantic pasenger companies, which may be taken as a sure sign that in the opinion of the shipowners engaged in this section of our overseas commerce the requirements of trade aru already filled, at least for a year or two.
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The cond place on the list is held, as it was last year, by the Ellerman Lines, Limited (including Bucknall's), while not far behind them come the Furness Lines. with which is included the Prince Lize. They have the distinction of owning the greatest number of individual units, these totalling 140, of an average size of a little over 5,000 tons. Mosers. Alfred Holt and Company, who gure fourth in the table are amalgamated into groups or over Speaking at Tamworth on January 3rd, 30.000 tous, and the P. and O., who come Mr. Frank Hodges, P., said: It must next to them, by 100.000 tons. Reference be admitted that it is incongruous for i this company suggests that in several Parliamentary minority to be the Govern line mentioned in the table are ment, but once a minority has been invit
manities ed, and, in fact forms Government, amalgamated into groups of commu of interest.. Thus it may be indicated that then the whole implication of government the group whose lestinies are controlled mu
must be accepted' by the other parties. by Lord Inchcape.
the That the present situation was rat anti- rowth British India. P. and U., Federal Steam cipated in the early stages of the growt
be Navigation Company. New Zealand Ship of our political institutions
can woll ping Company the
the Hain Steamship
lieve. But the functions of the Crown Company and the Union Steamship Command Parliament have not been, altered he pany of New Zealand, includes is "addi- cause of the coming of a larger and, if
electorate. tion smaller concerns whose ownere does
intelligent does may say so, a more Taking not bring them into the table.
The Labour movement believes that it can the concerns mentioned, it is found that consummate its programme under and the number of vessels belonging to the through the British Constitution. It br
their gross tonnage liev is 350, and th
lievices the Crown will provide no obstacles group is 2,380.293 tons, which is shout equal to the to democratic aspirations. But it because whole of the sea-going steam and motor of backstair influence th belief is shat- yessels owned by Germany, is in excess of Norway's total and not
bebind etered, then goodbye to political volation, should drift into the rapids of rerolu. owneries of Italy and Holland.
tion, for the helm wald have been des The next largest aggregation of mer-troyed by an unworthy net of political: chant tonnag is that which recognises sabotage. The Labour parts have no the guiding hand of Lord Kylsant His quarrel with the Crown. They have, in- lines given in the list are the Royal Mail deed, a profound faith in the impartiality Steam Packet
Company Elder Dempster, of the King, which no polition intrigue Union Castle, Lamport and Holt, Pacific should be permitted to destroy," Steam Navigation Company and H. and W. Nelson. Limited. These undertakings
mbrace 276 ships of 1,765,851 tone. does not, however, represent the total amount of binning controlled by Tard Kylsant, which in the aggregate amounts to 9.170.000 tons, exclusive of tonnage building.
WHITE STAR' GROUP.
This
i
Taking the White Star group--which includes, in addition to the company named, the Leyland Line, Shaw, Savill and Albion Company, Atlantic Transport Company, International. Navigation Com- pany and the Aberdeen Line there is n total ownery of 122 vessels of 1,310,305
tons.
The Cunard organisation embraces the Cunard Line proper and its associated undertakings, the Commonwealth and Do- minion Line, and the Brocklebank, Anchor and Donaldson Lines, the number of ves- sels being 120 and their gross tonnage 1.155,505 tons.
Accther important group is that under the agis of Sir J. R. Ellerman, which ia cludes the Ellerman Lines, with Buck- nall's, Ellerman's Wilson Line, and Eller-
under The ships
this man's City Line control number 233 with a gross tonnage of 1,120.703. Summarising the ownery of these five great groups of British shipping. the total is 7,758,313 gross tons, which is almost 40 per cent. of the Empire's ma Roing tunge and nearly 14 per cent. of
world's total.
The tonnage under construction by the lines included in the table affords striking evidence of the determination of British shipowners to be fully equipped with up- to-date cconomical ships so as to take full advantage of a trade revival when it comes, and also to enable them to keep in business when vessels mere expensivo-in
COFFEE operation have to be laid up as utterly
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TONNAGE UNDER, CONSTRUCTION.
In all, the 58 companies listed have 88 ships of 46,411 tons under construction. Some of this tonnaga was projected immo diately after the Armistice, but labour troubles in the ship-yards and the general depression in shipping business has led to the vessels being held up. These delayed ships, however, should all be delivered dur
The ing the course of the current year. average site of the vessels building-8,400 tone is very gratifying, as it shows that the pending increments to the British mer cantile marine will be of a very useful character and valuable additions to the fleets of their Owncts,
The firm with the largest amount of tonnage in band is the P, and O., with Considering nino chips of 190,490 tons.
that this company have paly recently re caived delivery of two 20,000 tonners, in Maloja, it is very evident that Lord
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