Records of Glenlight Shipping Ltd, ship managers, Glasgow, Scotland
- Reference:GB 248 UGD 176/2/1A
- Dates of Creation:1949-1984
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- Physical Description:0.3 metresThere are no physical characteristics that affect the use of this material.
Scope and Content
- Annual reports and accounts 1970-1981
- Board papers and agreements 1949-1976
- Papers concerning Esso Bernicia/Stonechakker and legal proceedings 1978-1984
Administrative / Biographical History
Glenlight Shipping Ltd , ship managers, Glasgow, Scotland, was formed in 1968 by Ross & Marshall Ltd , shipowners, Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland, and Hay Hamilton Ltd, shipowners, Greenock. The new company's object was to charter on demise terms and operate the whole fleet of Hay Hamilton Ltd and its wholly owned subsidiary, G & G Hamilton Ltd, and the fleet of Ross & Marshall Ltd, and its wholly owned subsidiary Light Shipping Ltd , shipowners, Greenock. Glenlight Shipping Ltd was incorporated with a share capital of £50,000 issued in £1 shares, and the two share-holding companies nominated 3 directors each. The company acquired Irvine Shipping & Trading Co Ltd, shipowners, Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland, in c1965 and, in 1975 , acquired William Campbell (Port Glasgow) Ltd , coal merchants and shipping agents, Port Glasgow, Inverclyde. Glenlight Shipping Ltd became a subsidiary of Clyde Shipping Co Ltd , shipowners, Glasgow and operated coasting vessels to the Western Isles. In 2002 , Glenlight Shipping Ltd was a dormant company in Glasgow.
Arrangement
This material is arranged into series, which consist of numbers of items related by format and/or function. Within series, the items are generally arranged chronologically.
Access Information
No access for legal, business or commercial reasons without the written permission of Clyde Marine plc. Apply in the first instance to Glasgow University Archive Services.
Acquisition Information
Permanent loan : Clyde Shipping Co Ltd : Glasgow: October 1982
Other Finding Aids
Digital file level list available in searchroom
Manual file available at the National Registers of Archives in Edinburgh (NRA(S)3530) and London (NRA21580)
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Reproduction subject to usual conditions: educational use & condition of documents
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Appraisal Information
This material has been appraised in line with standard GB 248 procedures
Custodial History
Held by Clyde Shipping Co Ltd
Accruals
None expected
Related Material
GB 248 UGD 176/1 Records of Clyde Shipping Co Ltd
GB 248 UGD 176/2/1 Records of Ross & Marshall Ltd
GB 248 UGD 176/2/2 Records of Light Shipping Ltd
GB 248 UGD 176/2/3 Records of William Campbell (Port Glasgow) Ltd
GB 248 UGD 229 Records of Forth Tugs Ltd
See source list on Shipping and Shipbuilding Industry available via Glasgow University Archive Services homepahe at http://www.archives.gla.ac.uk
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