§ 68. Mr. Willeyasked the Minister of Transport if he will give the tonnage of merchant shipping being built abroad for registration in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, at the latest available date.
§ Mr. MarplesAt 31st December, 1962, according to figures published by Lloyd's Register of Shipping about 432,000 gross tons of merchant shipping were under construction abroad for registration in the United Kingdom. Of this about 268,000 tons were for companies resident in the United Kingdom and 164,000 tons for companies resident outside the United Kingdom, for example in Bermuda or the Bahamas, who intend to register their vessels in the United Kingdom.
In 1962 companies resident in the United Kingdom ordered abroad about 36,000 tons.
§ 69. Mr. Willeyasked the Minister of Transport, what was the tonnage of merchant shipping under construction and preparing in United Kingdom shipyards at the latest available date; and what was the corresponding figure for the previous year.
§ Mr. MarplesAt the 31st December, 1962, merchant shipbuilding orders on hand for vessels of 100 gross tons and over amounted to 2,104 thousand gross tons. Of this, 1,316 thousand gross tons were under construction. The corresponding figures at the 31st December, 1961, were 2,597 thousand gross tons of orders on hand and 1,310 thousand gross tons under construction.