 Using London's green highway to transfer waste by barge removes 100,000 lorry movements per year from London's roads.The company was founded in London in 1896 as William Cory and Son Ltd. Cory was formed from the merger of eight companies in the coal trade and had a comprehensive business in transporting and supplying five million tonnes of coal per year to trade and domestic customers in London.Cory had a fleet of 2,500 railway wagons and also operated lighters on the River Thames.