What traffic used Milford Haven, and how busy was the port?
Short answerIt was very busy, handling local and passing traffic as part of a system that used every viable port.
NotesMilford Haven cannot be reduced to one cargo or convoy route. Its importance lay in being one of the viable ports through which a heavily used coastal system could marshal and pass shipping. The short answer reinforces the network's distributed character and the pressure placed on ports around the whole coast.