Port of London Authority

Ramzi Zouda

All the different dock systems were started by private companies, in the hope of making money. For example, the West India Docks were built by the West India Dock Company. Each similar Company was formed, with the assent of Parliament and it set about building its own dock system. Over the years, many of the Companies made big money for a period of time but as the 1900s were approaching many of them were barely ‘breaking even’ and some were already running at a loss. The Government of the day decided that its intervention was necessary, in the interests maintaining exporting and importing in those docks.

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