'National interest' grant
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• It was in the national interest to grant an A-licence application for two attics to W. H. Stott and Co Ltd, shipping broker, of Runcorn. This was the view held by Mr P. G. Hayward, the North Western deputy LA, in Liverpool last week.
Mr G. H. P. Beames, counsel for the applicant company, said that the traffic with which W. H. Stott was concerned would be to and from Poland, Sweden and Finland. The conditions attached to the application were: goods to and from the Finland Cargo Centre within 50 miles. Mr Beames explained that the cargo centre had been set up at Runcorn in 1968 following a Liverpool dock strike. It had been agreed with the Manchester Ship Canal authorities to ship 100,000 tons of cargo per year and guaranteed to use 52 ships per year. There was now a need for more transport as on March 12 1970 1600 tons of cargo stayed on the dock side at Runcorn because of a shortage of transport.
W. H. Stott also had its interim licence extended to the end of 1970.