CLYDE SHIPBUILDING
WORLD'S PREMIER RIVER
POSITION MAINTAINED
j (British Official Wlr«l«ss.)
KUGBT, January 23,
Although only thirty-one vessels were launched on the Clyde last year it still maintained its position as the premier shipbuilding, river in the world,'stated the president of the Glasgow Shipowners at their annual meeting today.
Last'year, ho said, had seen shipbuilding at a low water mark, and the output of all shipping nations had totalled v only 680,000 tons, compared with 970,000 in- the previous year. Tho present year was bound to show a great improvement and new tonnago placed with the Clyde was already 260,000 tons, compared with last year's output of 56,300 tons. It required half a million tons to make the Clyde yards even moderately busy, he added.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 21, 25 January 1934, Page 11
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125CLYDE SHIPBUILDING Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 21, 25 January 1934, Page 11
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