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BAHRAIN CRAFT REGISTRATIONS
Motor
Wooden Steel Launches Sailing
Barges. Barges. and S. Barges. Craft. Total
YEAR 1955 :
Registered up to end of 1954 11 94 299 785 1189
YEAR 1955 :
New Built in Bahrain during 1955 4 4
New Brought from U.K. by Kanoos .. 1 l
New Brought from Holland by Kanoos 1 1
New bought by BAPCO 1 1
Old Brought from Kuweit by
M/s Grey, Mackenzie and Co. Ltd. 1
Old, brought from foreign ports for hire 6 1 7
Old, formerly used for fishing .. 1 I
11 95 312 787 1205
Old craft fitted with engines .. 8 8
Total 11 95 320 779 1205
LESS :
Lost at Sea 5 5
Useless—broken up 7 7
Useless—destroyed 14 14
26 26
Actual number of craft registered in
Bahrain up to the end of 1955 11 95 320 753 1179
Total 11 95 320 779 1205

VISITS OF FOREIGN STEAMERS
Nationality: Year 1954 Year 1955
British: B.I.S.N. Coy’s steamers 105 111
Other British Steamers 109 110
U.S.A. Steamers 16 11
Japanese 18 6
Norwegian 62 40
Panama 15 11
German 37 35
Greek 5 8
Pakistan 2 1
Dutch 102 84
Danish 16 13
Swedish 14 14
Italian 12 8
French 4 1
Finnish 2 1
Egyptian 1
Arabian 1
Indian 14 20
Liberian 4
Costa Rican 2
Chinese 2
Turkish
Total 535 483
Tankers 859 1,016

Totals 1,394 1,499