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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