Volume Two - The Era of Optimism, Investment & Development - Some reports

This quick despatch is all the more satisfactory, when it is mentioned that the cargo of 6,500 tons consisted of a mixture of three different sorts of coal, while the balance of 700 tons was bunkers."

The record for loading a 7,200-ton vessel, so far as we are able to learn, is held by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, who loaded a vessel of this tonnage in something less than four hours. At the Hampton Roads piers the loading of a vessel of this tonnage in less than a day, is a common occurrence. - The Black Diamond [777] [499] 3rd January 1914.

1916 - Pulp Shipped to England - 'Although paper is the shortest thing in the United States at the present time, it has not stopped the exportation of the material for the manufacture of paper. On September 14 at Baltimore the Norwegian steamer "Granli" arrived from the Tyne to load wood pulp for Manchester, England, and Penarth, Wales. Her cargo will consist of many hundreds of bales of the pulp. The pulp is in great sheets and is ready for the process of being made into paper. The pulp has been stored in one of the great elevators in Baltimore for many months, and at last has been disposed of, to be taken across the sea for the use of the British paper manufacturers.' - The American Printer - 3rd July 1916 - [575]

No doubt the pulp described above was destined for use at the Ely Paper Mills. Why they decided to import from the US in a Norwegian ship is unknown but perhaps there were production problems at the company owned pulp mill in Norway at that time.

1906 - All-British Crew - Ship Ousts Foreigners - A news report regarding the change of crew of the s.s. 'Speedwell' lying in Penarth Dock.