Volume Two - The Era of Optimism, Investment & Development - Imports and Exports to 1908 . . .

	A view of a REA line collier being loaded at tip numbers 15 to 18 with coal on the chutes dating from c.1907.

A table of charges of shipping coal out of the South Wales ports was also included in the 1908 South Wales Coal Annual [039] which reveals that at Penarth, the cost of tipping per ton was 37.5% cheaper in 1907 than their rivals. It is reasonable therefore, to conclude that Penarth was generally more efficient and cheaper than other ports.