The Ministry of War Transport (MWT) took over administration of the scheme in 1944. Part of the MWT was the expansion of the scheme to other canals. One crew of three were employed for a short while on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal using a horse-drawn boat. The MWT also managed to get Canal Transport Limited, a major carrier on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal to utilise women crews but only eight women had been trained, with a further four in training, before the end of the war in Europe made the scheme of limited value and duration.