Records of Glenlight Shipping Ltd, ship managers, Glasgow, Scotland

Reference
- GB 248 UGD 176/2/1A
Dates of Creation
- 1949-1984
Name of Creator
- Glenlight Shipping Ltd (ship managers: 1968-: Glasgow, Scotland)
Physical Description
- 0.3 metres
  There 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)

Alternative Form Available

No known copies

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