SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION

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Of the total shipping on January 1, 1912, 2,260 of 312,713 tons ; 1911, 2,246 of 297,998 tons ; 1910, 2,247 of 286,271 tons ; 1909, 2,240 of 283,098 tons ; 1908, 2,218 of 284,081 tons belonged to Prussian ports. The total number of sailors required for manning the ships of the merchant navy- was, on January 1, 1912, 75,130 ; 1911, 73,993 ; 1910, 73,516; 1909, 72,462. The size of the various ships in 1912 was as follows : —

Sailing vessels Steamers

Under 100 Tons gross

2,039 234

100-500 Tons gross

479

517

500-1,000 Tons gross

49 249

1,000-2,000 Tons gross

74

299

2,000 Tons

gross and

over

82 710

Of the sailing vessels 1,310 were totally of iron or steel ; of the steamers 1,997 were of iron or steel.

Built in German private yards, 1911, 859 vessels of 406,763 tons grof<s (including 26 war vessels of 49,544 tons gross). Of these, 151 of 18,784 tons gross (including 3 war vessels of 2,230 tons gross) were built for foreigners. Built in foreign yards for Germans, 153 trading vessels of 61,703 tons gross.

Shipping of the German Empire, in which each vessel, if it entered severed ports on a single voyage, is counted only once : —

1908 :— Entered . Cleared .

With

Cargoes

In Ballast

Total

Number

Net tonnage

25,417,998

17,628,882

26,397,114

18,858,281

27,570,501 20,306,754

Number

11,872 30,536

Net tonnage

Number

Net tonnage

95,822 76,904

2,015,472 9,462,530

2,048,657 9,825,970

2,360,052 9,897,002

107,694

107,440

27,433,477

27,091,412

1909:—

Entered .

Cleared . T9T0 :—

Entered .

Cleared .

98,179 79,650

99,743

80,824

11,346 30,586

12,054 31,747

109,525 110,236

111,797 112,571

28,445,771 28,684,251

29,930,553 30,203,756

The number and tonnage of foreign shipping compared with national shipping, 1910 : —

Entered

Cleared

Foreign ships

With Cargoes ! In Ballast

With Cargoes

In Ballast

No.

^^^ 1 No tonnage

Net tonnage

No.

478'30 2,855 3,747 2,438 1,043 206

Net tonnage

1,202,215

2,468,302

1,257,147

447,211

528,402 76,400

No.'

Net tonnage

Danish

British

Swedish

Dutch

Norwegian .

Kussian

5,618 4,955 5,125 2,785 2,151 322

1,575,581 1 1,210 5,251,666 ] 254 1,699,821 i 748

601,083 596 1,153,253 225

126,207 44

166,152 370,482

155,842 78,426

105,843 14,558

2,037 2,365 2,143 1,096 1,311 155

552,786 3,183,985 603,688 256,202 741,634 61,239

Total, includ- ing other foreign

German ships

21,830 77,913

11,191,047 3,157 16,379,454 8,897

973,313 1,386,739

15,610

65,214

6,334,186 1&,972,568

9,574 22,173

5,902,116 3,994.8Sr.

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