Summary of Lloyd's Register of Shipping, which takes into account vessels of 100 tons gross and upwards; apart from countries excluded from statistics, total launched during 1958 was 9,269,983 tons; motor ships comprised 58%; 429 oil tankers were launched; of total, 25% was built in Japan, 13% in United States, and 12% in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.


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    Title :

    World merchant-ship launches


    Additional title:

    Shipbldr Mar Engine-Bldr


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1959


    Size :

    5 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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