In message , Ian Jelf
writes
In message , James Christie
writes
Where does the name King George V come from? Is it from the old KGV
dock system
Yes it is.

(sadly a shadow of it's former self)?
It often surprises people to learn that "London" is still an important
port with major dock facilities. It's just that with containerisation
and other changes to logistics and cargo-handling, the docks moved
downstream to places like Gravesend and Tilbury. Although outside
administrative London, they are the direct successors to the original
docks.

Direct, but are they worthy?
We still lost a hell of a lot of traffic to places like Europoort,
mainly as a result of the good old unionised London dockers, who refused
to work with containers.
Places like Felixstowe and Tilbury are making up for it now, but it's
taken us 40 years to recover.
The point still stands though, how many of those ships using those ports
are either:

1. Built in the UK.
2. Owned and Registered in the UK.
3. Have a crew from the UK.

Percentage wise, the answer is b*gg*r all.
I'd prefer to think about it as it was, ships covering every available
berth, from companies like BI, ED, Blue Flue, Glen, Brocks, Clan, Ben,
South American Saint, NZSCo, Blue Star, RML, UC, the list is endless.
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James Christie