Shipbuilders' league tables
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LLOYD'S Register of Shipping reports that, at the end of June, 199 containerships were on order and under construction throughout the world. Germany leads the league with 60 of these orders, followed a long way behind by the US, with 27. Holland with 26. Japan with 12 and Britain with 11.
German shipbuilders have made an all-out effort to obtain orders in the face of strong competition and have been successful in obtaining substantial orders from British consortia, namely OCL and ACT.
A.G. Weser, of Bremen, has recently secured orders for three vessels from Sea Land and two more are to be built in Holland. These five will be the fastest and most expensive yet ordered.
Freightliners illustrated
A NEW attractively illustrated brochure has been issued by Freightliners Ltd. giving particulars of its expanding network of Maritime Container Services which link the main industrial areas with containerports serving Europe,. the United States, Canada, Ireland, Scandinavia and Australia.
A diagrammatic map shows Freightliner routes and terminals, inland Customs depots and containerports. A list of containership services and frequencies and coloured illustrations and descriptions of Freightliner operations are also given.
Copies of the brochure, entitled "ExportImport by Freightliner", are obtainable from Freightliners Ltd., Room 713, Melbury House, London, NW1.
Containerization education
CURRENT developments, safety, costing, computer application, legal and insurance aspects are the subjects of a weekend residential course on containerization to be held at Stockport during September.
The course will begin at 7 p.m. on Friday, September 5, and finish at 3 p.m. on Sunday. September 7 ; the full residential fee is £2710s.
Full details are obtainable from Mr. W. F. Padget, Department of Commerce and Business Studies, College of Technology, Wellington Road South, Stockport.