This book is intended to give a snapshot of the events that occurred in the shipping industry during 2021.

The First Eighty Years

This 96 page full colour hardback pictorial album by popular maritime author Andrew Wiltshire takes a nostalgic journey through time along London's maritime highway, from the 1960s to the present day.

A new publication being sold in support of the Medway Queen Preservation Society. This book has been written by well known author of Medway Queen books, Richard Halton.

In this book Bernard concentrates on cargo ships, but other types also appear to illustrate the variety of ships that were built.

This book looks at British and north Continental European ships which were serving international trade until the end of the 1970s.

In this book Bernard concentrates on cargo ships, but other types also appear to illustrate the variety of ships that were built.

This comprehensive company history will have a niche audience, but promises rich rewards for connoisseurs of British coastal shipping. As the introductory sections explain, Coast Lines Limited 1913-1975 is the last in a series of four books exploring the companies that would eventually form Coast Lines – ‘the largest and most successful coastal shipping company of the 20th century’.

Andrew Wiltshire’s 2018 volume South Wales Tugs in Colour took the reader on a journey down the Bristol Channel from Newport to Swansea, and now we’re heading back up again with another quirky picture book.

This book looks at various aspects of coastal shipping throughout the world from Canada to Cornwall, from New Zealand to Norway.

** December 2018 book of the Month ** By Nick Robins and Malcolm McRonald