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Movements of SteamersDuring the year 1366, three hundred and forty-six
Btoainors visited Bahrain as compared with two hundred and fifty-one in 1355.
Deducting tankships calling here for oil the number of commercial steamers would
be two hundred and sixtytwo as compared with two hundred and one.

These may bo classified as follows :—

NATIONALITY Year 1355 Year 1356

British: B. I. S. N. Coy. Ltd. 101 147
Strick-Ellerman Lino; 31 34
Asian S. N. Coy, Ltd., 1 1
British Tanker Co. Ltd., 20 18
German Hansa Line 21 27

Japanese: Mitusui & Yamashita Line 18 20
Italian: Lloyd Triestino’s 1

Norwegian: 1
Dutch : Silver-Java Line 4 9

Unistates : Isthmian s/s Coy. 3 6
201 262
Tankers, various: 50 84

Totals ... 251 346

NATIONALITIES OP TANKSHIPS Year 1355 Year 1356

Norwegian 21 25
British 7 8
Japanese 6 7
Panama 5 8
Danish 4 7
Italian 2 19
Dutch 1 5
French 1
Swedish 5
Unistates 3

Totals ... 50 84

Note. The above includes the T. Y. “ SATA ”, an armed tanker of
the Japanese Imperial Navy, but does not include the visits of warships of H. B.
M’s Royal Navy, nor the Light Tender ‘ Nearchus on duty.
The increase in tankships is due to the activity of the Bahrain Petroleum
Coy. Ltd., and the increase in the number of B. I. S. N. Coy. Ltd’s steamers is due to
the regular oalling here of the fast mail on alternate weeks with cargo and
passengers, which commenced on 13th May 1937, but the mail service is still
oonfined to the slow mail.