SHIPYARDS BUSY

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 617, 20 March 1929, Page 11

SHIPYARDS BUSY

WORK FOR THOUSANDS IN SCOTLAND STEAMERS ON THE STOCKS Thousands of Clyde shipyard workers having returned to wotk, the prospect in the shipyards for 1929 may 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 for 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 hand, including a 9,000-ton steamer for a Glasgow firm. At Govan the Copland works are building a twin-screw steamer for the Egyptian Government. The C.P.R. 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, 1930, 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 be 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'-con-stant employment, while orders placed last month will enable several yards to reopen. Brass founders, boiler and cabinet makers, upholsterers, and boat builders will be busier this year than they have been for some time. No fewer than 18 steamers are building on the north-east coast for Canadian owners.