PE2029: Nationalise Clydeport to bring the ports and harbours on the river Clyde into public ownership Submission by Dr. Alfred J. Baird to the Holyrood Petitions Committee (Professor of Maritime Business, retired) 31 January 2024 Since the early 1980s, successive Tory Governments have sold off most major British ports, comprising extensive port land estates, cargo handling (i.e. terminal) activities, as well as portregulatory functions (i.e. the ‘port authorities’). In almost all other countries the state has generally retained ownership of port land and merely rents/concessions (i.e. ‘privatises’ with a small ‘p’) […]
Nationalise Clydeport
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