Ships in Ballast Leave Vehicles
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nNE difficulty which was driving the 1,—/motor industry distracted was the shipping problem, said Sir William Rootes at the recent Dollar Convention at Eastbourne.
"Can you imagine, in this day and age, a situation where cars are waiting to be shipped to earn dollars, when vessels have been sailing in ballast and returning with timber?" he asked. "The reason, I am told, for this fantastic state of affairs is that our turn-round is so slow these days that they could not afford the loading time! Whatever the reason, it is something to which the Government should pay immediate attention."
It was amazing, said Sir William. how the British manufacturers' defeatist attitude towards the North American markets had been overcome in the past two or three years. The prerequisite of a sound export trade was a large and secure home market, he added. Since the export drive began. 250m. dollars worth of vehicles had been sold.
Sir William pointed out the importance of the smaller republics in the American continent as markets.