SHIPYARDS BUSY

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 616, 19 March 1929, Page 12

SHIPYARDS BUSY

WORK FOR THOUSANDS IN SCOTLAND STEAMERS ON THE STOCKS Thousands of Clyde shipy ar(i workers having returned to work, the prospect in the shipyards for 1929 mav be described as very good. New ships are to be laid down for the London and North-Eastern Railway Company in addition to the one building at. Clyde tor the HarwichHook of Holland service. At Port Glasgow three 9,000-ton cargo steamers are to be constructed for the Larringa line. At Linhouse there are several orders on band. i n . eluding a 9,000-ton steamer for a Glasgow firm. At Govau the Copland works are building a twin-screw steamer for tile Egyptian Government The C.P.11. work on hand at the Fairfield yard embraces two passenger liners for service between Victoria and Vancouver City. These vessels which will provide for 1.500 passengers, will not be delivered until March, 1020, so that a full year’s work for men at this yard is assured. IN NORTH OF ENGLAND At the yard of Messrs. John Brown and Company the 40,000-ton Empress of Britain is building, while at another yard the 25,000 ton Empress of of Japan is under construction. The re-engining of the Empress of Canada is to he carried out by the Fairfield Company. Twenty ships are in the fitting-out basins, while six large liners are being reconditioned. Work at the shipyards on the north-east coast has recommenced in earnest. Fleets of steamers for the Canadian grain trade will provide constant employment, while orders placed last month will enable several yards to reopen. Brass founders, boiler and cabinet makers, upholsterers, and boat buildj ers will he busier this year than they ! have been for some time. ; No fewer than IS steamers arc buildI ing on the north-east coast for | Canadian owners.