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WORLD SHIPPING AN 1921-2
The Annual Report of the operations
JAPANESE MOTOR SHIPS TWO NEW CLYDE BUILT SHIPS.
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of Lloyd's Register of Shipping stater,ments if it may be so termed that has la regard to the shipbuilding position, yet been made in ap-owning, will be that the operations during the twelve that of the Nippon Yums Kaisha, which months ended June 30th, 1994, continued early this month, will take delivery of to be advarsely anected by the persist two Clyde-built, motor ships, the bulls of ent depresioa in the Shipbuilding Indus-which are exactly similar, but fr which try, which has been a prominent feature two entirely different types of propelling of the Society's Annual Reports for three machinery have been installed sinki "years past.”
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plement. Not only have these vessels the same dimensions, but there is no diver gunce in the lines, the under water body of the halls being identical
The ponnage of new vessels classed by the Society during the year (July, 1923 June, 1994) constitutes the lowest record over Afteen years (with the exception of the second year of the War), and repre The length is 440 bp. the beam 47 nants only 36 per cent of the total for fe, and the depth 38 ft. 6 in., the dead- 1999-23; only 15 per cent of that for weight capacity being approximately 1991-99, and only 2 per cent of that for 10,000 tons on a draught of 98 ft 3 in. 1020-21, Whether the bottom of the curve One of them, the douka Maris, has been has yet been reached it is impossible to built by Mesars D. and W. Henderson, say, but a number of points will neces and the other, the day Maru, by sarily occur to anyone in search of en Mesars Lithgow, Limited In the former lightenment upon the subject. Amongitare fustalled two of Harland and Well'g these may be mentioned the fact that tur standard B. an W. type “engires, mich ing the year ended June last, 454 vessels, developing $,000 b.h.p. at 198 fp.m, and of 800,308 tons gross, were lost, and some baring cylinders 680 mm bore and 1,100 500 vessels, of about 1,950,000 tons, were mm. stroke In the 4faga daru are disinantled or broken up, the Inst figure atted two Bulzer two-cycle single-acting
In the Afternoon from 2.30 pm to 6.30 pm. Several Stalls being exactly twice that (85,000 tons) of engines, alse each developing 5,000 lp., will be Open and AMUSEMENTS specially for Children will be tasse lisantled or broken up dua hut ut 100 r.p.m. Then engines have provided. TEA and REFRESMENTS will be obtainable. Admistral not withstanding this roof the two cycle principle is seen in the sion Free.
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ing the twelve months ended June, 1821. only four cylinders, and the advantage moval of more than 13 millions of tons of fact that the cylinder dimensions are shipping, the mercantile cet of the world not very dissimilar from those of the is even now greater by about 15 millions Harland and Wolff engines, being 880 of tons than it was in 1914, but on the mm diameter sad 1,200 m.m. stroke. other hand it is well recognised that there In both ships, all the auxiliary machi is a large proportion of the laid-up tonery is electrically operated. In the nage which is unlikely ever to be able tutu az there are three auxiliary successfully to seek for employment It Diesel engines, built by Harland and has also to be borne in mind that any seri Wolff, each developing 150 b.b.p, and ous revival in overseas traffic will prob-direct-coupled to a 100 kr generator fun- ably lead to the further elimination of ning at 300 pun. In the Sulzer-engined ancconomical tonnage, some of which is still in service. Shipowners are fully alive ship there are also three electric geo- to the necessity in the gradual return to engine of 200 b.h.p. running at 300 rp
rating sets, each driven by a two-cycle. more normal conditions, slow thought The additional power is necessary on te has been up to the present time-of pro court of the fact that the scavenging dir viding themselves with up-to-date feet for the main engines is supplied from two and they are aware that shipbuilders, in the circumstances now existing, are coupled to a 240 b.hip electric motor. separately driven turbo blowers, each pared to make extraordinary efforts to meet them, so that some of the vacant herths in the shipbuilding yards may be occupied.
Only one of these blower is in operation at 10. Another difference in the two ships is that with Harland and Waff Statistics show that Japan occupies the machinery, fresh water is utilised for third place among the nations of the cooling the pistons, while in the Sular world both in regard to the new tonnage engines aca-water is employed. In the produced during the year, and the couple are there is one auxiliary air tries in which such vessels are chicfy compressor driven by a 180 h.p. electric. owned. Japan built 10 ships of 37,819 motor, and in the other vessel two, each. gross tons, and owns nine new ships of coupled to a 50 b.p. motor. 147,223 tons o
The two ships are very up-to-date in The total tonnage of merchant vessels their deck equipment, for there are no afloat at the end of June, 1924, holding fewer than eighteen electrically operated the society's classification, amounts to winches on deck with a capacity varying 98,030,353 tons. If to these figures be between three and seven tous, in addition added the vessels under construction on to a five-tor winch used for warping and June 0th, viz, 461 vessels, of 1,641,240 also for the steering in the event of any tons, the aggregate of shipping classed, mishap to the steering gear. The latter or intended to be classed, with Lloyd' is of the Hele-Shaw electric hydraulic Register amounts to 139 vessels, of type. It need hardly be added that the nearly 30 million tons gross. Of the ves performance of these two ships will be sels built during the year which have watched with the very greatest interest received the society's classication, thote as the result wil, peraaps, afford the best of 10,000 tons, and upwards include the comparison that has yet been made be- Hoelton, 20,817 tons, and the Jalojtarea two-cycle and four cycle machinery. 21,637 tona, owned by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co., and the Hakuan Mars, 10,330 tons, owned by the Nippon Yusen Kaisha.
A meeting of Norwegian shipowners. laterested in the China trade was held at Christiania a few days ago to con- sider a proposal to form a special “ Far East" group of the Norwegian Ship owners' Association. It was decided that there was no need for closer co-operation between shipowners, but a resolution wis carried asking the insurance companies to consider the discontinuance of the
During the year, 45 vessels, of 219,183 tons- 3 per seat of the total tonnage of new vessels classed were fitted for burning oil-faci for steam raising." Yes sels fitted with oil engines to which classes have been assigned by the Committee dur ing the year numbered 6s, of 183,795 tons, 12 of which, totalling 74,01 gross tons were ships of more than 5,000 tons each Heavy oil is used in all these engines Learn premium demanded for vessels in Interesting developments have been made the China trade- with the Diesel Electric drive, which in now fitted on board the single-screw ver sels Le Playa and La Maren, built by Messrs Cammell Laird & Co., Ltd., for the United Fruit CoA third set is being installed in the sister-ship La Perla Four Camelfaird-Fulingar oil engines drive electric generators which supply the power to operate electric motors situated at the after end of the ship, thus obviat ing the need for shaft tunnels. The elec trical equipment has been made by the British Thomson Houston Co., Ltd.
The Committes regrets to record the death of Mr. S. Innes, Preston, ship aus veyor at Kobe, who was accidentally kill ed in February, 1924, as the result of a fall into the hold of a vessel, he wasɛ in- specting. It also announces the retire ment during the year, under "the
provi sions of the Pension Scheme, of MEA "S. Williamson, senior surveyor at Naga saki, after 25 years, valued service. The Committee have also received with regret resignations, on account of ill-health or for other personal reasons; of a pumber of gentlemen, who during their terms of membership have rendered valuable assist, ance-in the management of the Society: These included Mr. M. Itani, Mr. K. Shit, and Dr. T. Suds, three of the origin mtubers, and Mr. A. Ishii, since March, 1923, a member and vice-chairman of the Japan Committee.
SS THE NEW CARLE SHIP
Sir John Denison-Pender, chairman of the Eastern Associated Telegraph Com panies, and a party of those interested in Jabmarine cables, visited Greenwich on Jezober 23rd to say farewell to the "Lewly commissioned ship. Caisse which had just been delivered from the builders in Glasgow, and was to mil the "next day for Bingapore, where, she" will be stationed. Fitted with all the latest devices, the ship has a carrying capacity of 500 miles of cable, a speed of about 12 knots range of 8,000 miles, and is capable of repairing faults within a few hours. Proposing Success and Prosperity to the Cable, her Captain, Officers, and and Crew, Sir John Denison-Pender re ferred to the long life of her predecessors namely, 40 ya Mr. Willoughby Smith, of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Compary, in giving the toast of the chairman, said that despite
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