Part of this reorganisation was intended to speed up the turnaround of supply vessels at ports. Some 1,000 tons per day were being landed at Havre and Calais, plus food, ammunition and engineers’ supplies. One branch of the Transportation Directorate was run by a Director of Docks. This was not entirely successful; rapid emptying of ships was considered more important than careful checking of goods arriving, and much had to be written off as losses in transit.
