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Captain J L Vivian Millett
A Letter by J L
Vivian Millett
Dispatch in The
Port of London
To The Editor of The Times
15th November 1923
Sir,
As complaints have been made in various papers recently regarding the
slow dispatch given to steamers in The Port of London, particulars of the
working of a steamer discharging at our deep-water jetty at Purfleet may be of
interest to your readers.
The SS CRANLEY with reels of paper shipped by the Anglo-Newfoundland
Development Company Limited and consigned to the Daily Mail and Daily Mirror
Companies, berthed at our jetty at 3 am on Saturday, November 3rd, and sailed
again at 5 am on Tuesday November 6th, having, in the meantime, discharged
4,441 tons weight, working as follows ...
Saturday Nov 3, 3hours, 572 tons;
Sunday Nov 4, 7 hours, 1,448 tons
Monday Nov 5, 12 hours, 2,421 tons
Being a total of 22 hours.
One thousand nine hundred and fifty tons went direct to rail trucks, and
the balance to craft, and the ship was discharged at an average rate of 202
tons per working hour. Messrs Scruttons Limited were the stevedores. This is
only one of the many instances of quick dispatch given to steamers at our
wharf, and we consider it necessary to call attention to the fact, as otherwise
opinions may be formed as to the facilities of the port, which are based upon
partial knowledge of the facts.
Yours Faithfully,
Purfleet Wharf and Saw Mills, Limited.
J L Vivian Millett,
Managing Director.
CRANLEY
4,644 grt
Built 1903 D & W Henderson, Glasgow
For Century Shipping Co,
London.
1906 Renamed CAMETA; sold to
Belgium.
1908 Renamed CRANLEY; Century
Shipping Co, London.
1915 Anglo-Newfoundland
Steamship Co (Donaldson Bros Ltd, Mngr)
1916 Anglo-Newfoundland
Development Co Ltd (Donaldson Bros Ltd, Mngr)
1931 8th January : Sold to T.W.Ward; Scrapped at Briton
Ferry.
Raymond
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