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vessel will be 385 feet in length and of 7800 tons deadweight; it will be built by the Clyde Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Port Glasgow. The Blythswood Shipbuilding Co., Scots- toun, has obtained two contracts for single-screw passenger and cargo ships between 10,000 and 11,000 tons dead- weight; they will be propelled at a speed of 11% knots by Harland, Burmeister & Wain engines made by John G. Kincaid & Co., Greenock. Four twin-screw ships of the same size and with similar engines are laid at the same yards for Furness, Withy & Co. All Yards Are Benefited The Canadian Pacific Railway has placed an order for two liners with John Brown & Co., Clydebank. Each vessel will be 585 feet in length, 75 feet in breadth, 27 feet in draught and of about 18,000 tons gross. Two sister ships were ordered last year, one from John Brown & Co. and the other from William Beardmore & Co., Dalmuir. These four ships are in- tended for North Atlantic service; the first two will be ready early in 1928. In all there now are on hand on the Clyde eight Canadian Pacific railway ships aggregating about 103,- 000 tons. All the vessels will be pro- pelled by twin-screw geared turbines, and the machinery will be of the Parsons high-pressure type. Alexan- der Stephen & Sons, Linthouse, have been awarded a 19,000-ton liner by the P. and O. company. The vessel will be 600 feet in length, with a speed of 19 knots. It will be pro- pelled by twin-screw high-pressure turbines and water-tube boilers with electrical transmission gear. Three other liners for the P. and O. com- pany were previously booked by Har- land & Wolff, Greenock. On the North-east coast, William Gray & Co., West Hartlepool, are to build a cargo steamer of 8650 tons deadweight, to be fitted with quad- ruple expansion engines manufactured by the Central Marine Engine Works; this vessel is to be delivered in March, 1928. The same. shipbuilders are also to build two steamers, each of about 8645 tons, for Sir William Reardon Smith & Sons, Ltd, and one 8000-ton steamer for Pyman Bros., Ltd., London. The _ British Tanker Co. has placed two orders with Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co. for tankers, each of 10,000 tons. The contract brings the total number of orders received by this firm from The British Tanker Co. to fourteen. Armstrong-Whitworth & Co., Ltd., have received an order from Bergen, Norway, owners for a motor tanker of 8200 tons. The same firm is to build a steamer of 8800 tons for Steana Roumana (British) of Ru- mania; this vessel will have quadruple expansion engines. Armstrong-Whit- worth also have just received an order for three oil tankers for the Anglo- Mexican Petroleum Co. Launchings on the Tyne from Jan. 1 to the end of May were 15 vessels aggregating 66,604 tons, as against 26 vessels of 87,194 tons launched in the corre- sponding period of last year. Other contracts for vessels of 10,000 tons and over received during the past three months include one 12,000-ton steamer awarded by Hunting & Son of Newcastle-on-Tyne to Cammell, Laird & Co., Ltd., of Birkenhead, one 10,000-ton steamer, which F. Leyland & Co., Ltd., Liverpool, has awarded to the Caledon Shipbuilding and En- gineering Co., Dundee, one _ diesel- electric oil tanker of 12,000 tons placed by the Atlantic Refining Co., Philadelphia, with Scott’s Shipbuild- ing and Engineering Co., _ Ltd., Greenock. One 8600-ton oil tanker for the Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd., was ob- tained by Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast. White Star Liner Launched Among the launchings recently re- ported, one of the outstanding ones is that of the LAURENTIC, a triple- screw passenger vessel of 18,700 gross tons, launched at Belfast on June 16 for the Canadian service of the. White Star Line. This liner will have accommodation for 1600 passen- gers, cabin, tourist third cabin, and ee Index of Freights Between U. S. A. and Western Europe ~ — ~ eae Average of 1920 Rates Taken as 100 s . = third class, and is scheduled to be ready November this year. The oil- tanker TEAKWooD has been launched from the Armstrong yard of Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., Ltd. The vessel is 415 feet in length be- tween perpendiculars, has a carrying capacity of about 8825 tons, and was ordered by the Teakwood Steamship Co. (1926) Ltd. Palmers Shipbuild- ing & Iron Co. has launched an oil- tanker of 11,000 tons, which was built in 100 days. This vessel brings the oil- tanker tonnage built by the firm up to 600,000 tons. The Fairfield Ship- building and Engineering Co., Govan, Glasgow, has launched at the Fair- field yards the second of two 10,000- ton motorships ordered by Bibby Bros. & Co. of Liverpool. Three similar vessels are on hand at the same yards for other owners. There has been some improvement in the ship-repair- ing trade, some contracts having been obtained in the face of strong foreign competition. The above outline of activities in British shipbuilding shows the progress that has been made since the beginning of this year. It should be remembered, however, that many slips still are empty and that the bulk of the orders has been taken at a very small profit, in some cases . with no profit, in order to keep plants working and to prevent skilled work- men being lost. Ship Sales Are Active The ship sale market has been ac- tive during the past quarter. Foreign owners, particularly Greeks and Italians, have been on the market. Estonia, Latvia and other countries also have been buying second-hand tonnage. Several deals are interest- ing to record. In April, the twin- screw steamer ORMUZ (ex ZEPPELIN) of 14,588 tons, built in 1914, belong- ing to the Orient Steam Navigation Co., was sold to the North German Lloyd of Bremen and realized about £300,000 ($1,455,000). In May, the S. S. VaupurA, of 9150 tons, built in 1910, was purchased by the Arbor Shipping Co., Ltd., from Glasgow own- (Continued on Page 54) me 2S0.ces> eee eeeen8 ar TTT Seales, [S| | De Se | ARE Sener” awe See Se Re eeeeh ae ee ae eS a Es Pe EEE EE DIAGRAM SHOWING FLUCTUATION OF OCEAN FREIGHT RATES FOR FOUR YEARS AND FIVE MONTHS MARINE REVIEwWw—August, 1927 25