§ Mr. Matherasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will give figures to show Great Britain's place in the world merchant shipping fleet in terms of tonnage, displacement and numbers.
§ Mr. Clinton DavisFollowing is the information:
GROSS REGISTERED TONNAGE Flag ('0000) Liberia 79,983 Japan 40,036 United Kingdom 31,646 Greece 29,517 Norway 27,801 USSR 21,438 Panama 19,458 USA 15,300 France 11,614 Italy 11,111
DEADWEIGHT TONNAGE Flag ('0000) Liberia 155,951 Japan 65,870 United Kingdom 51,722 Greece 49,323 Norway 49,193 Panama 31,593 USSR 23,042 USA 22,135 France 20,052 Italy 17,733
NUMBER OF VESSELS Flag Japan 9,642 USSR 8,167 USA 4,740 United Kingdom 3,432 Greece 3,344 Panama 3,267 Norway 2,738 Spain 2,726 Liberia 2,617 Federal Republic of Germany 1,975 The source of this information is the statistics tables of "Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1977' a copy of which is available in the House o Commons Library.