New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
Ships Burning
Oil uel. Make
Rapid Advance
Proporiionate Share i'm the
Worlds Tonnage Shows a
Large Cain Over Position
That Was Held Year Ago
Coal-Blirners Drop Back
Use of Diesel Engines Is
Growing: Large Vessels
Are Built to Employ Them

So rapid has been the adoption Of oil
By merchant shipping that within the
last year the worlds tonnage eouipped
for the use Of oil as fuel for the boil
eTs or in internal combustion engines
las Increased BY half, according to the
snnas report of Lloyd's Register of
Shipping
As a result, the proportion of the
worlds tonnage fitted for coal burning
has declined from SO to rs per cent.
while that equipped for oil burning has
risen from II per cent to Is per cent.
There has been no change in the rela-
tive position Of shipping having sail
power only. which stll constitutes c
per cent of the worlds shipping Of 100
sross tons and oyer
Nm sh'rs classed during the last
yesr which we're fitted for burning oil
fuei numbered l2s vessels of $3.50 900
gross tons. ss c0mpa cd with 2ll yes
sells OF ls9,9oe .ons during the previ-
Gus year
Since inc armlst zee great develop
oent hos taken place n the use Of in
tera4l combustion engines, and during
The i4ss year classification was made Of
twenty elgAt new vessels fitted with
such engines as the main propellinp
power. Al present there are under
construction aaGer the supervision of
LLOYD Register more than $50 sets of
Diesel engines and about the same
number of sets of OIL engines other
than the Diesel type. half of which are
building tie United Kingdom The
sol
N.eragc r $3.50 gross tons The
largest oi'-enr vessel completed
drr.re t year was tie Afrika, Of
Turbine stIi Largely in Use
Ire success Of vessels fitted with
gearoi steam turbines is Indicated by
the i4ct that in the last year 245 such
vessels aggrcgaNng 1,2Sd 600 gross
tons have Been classed.
Reviewing conditions during the
year Lloyd- Reg seer points out that
over s-5lNO0 tons of shipping were
classed. ira comparison with 3,oO0.Q0O
tols ~ the previous Twelve months
and that ~ The end Of last June the
totai oi merchant vessels under classl-
fcaton was $50 600 toms.
The countries III which the great
bu.k of the now tonnage has been
built, Il is pointed out, arc the United
States. tae United Kingdom and
Japan. Other countries IN which
There is a. present parativeiv
ieree amount O. erchant shipping
being streclea arr Holland, Can
ada. iialy, S~eceR. Spain and Dan
mark.
Because Of the great amount ef re-
conditioning undertaken by shipbuild-
e~s aiter The War and the conversion
~ tar,. '..~rea ,,,i.l hoy ff tg,4s.el.
burn oil instead Of ccsl the output OF
new tonnage, 1T is stated, has undoubt-
edly beer United
Wooden Ships Share Small
Vessels classed in Moyds Register
Book at the end of the year closing
with June 80 last aggregate 9,5S7, Of
total tonnage Of more than 25,000,000
gross. The division is shown as
follows:
Iron and Steel.
steam .......... s,9o8 24l15.25s
Sail ........... $50 563 232
Wood aud composite
team and sail. 294 340,431
Total ......... 9,5S7 25,o1s,s19
More than 96 per cent of the total
tonnage is composed Of steel or iron
steamers.
During the year ended June 80 last
$50 vessels, of $4,000 tons, were
classed in the United States; 594, of
$4,000. in the United Kingdom, and
los. OF 900 in Japan. More than 96
per cent Of this tonnage consists of
iron and steel steamers.
Striking increase is shown in the
number Of large vessels under con-
struction. ffty~six of those building
being each Of 10000 gross tons or