Witherbys & Chamber Publications

This publication provides an essential resource for any ship navigating the English Channel, Dover Strait and Southern North Sea.

The UK Chamber of Shipping, Nautilus International and the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) have jointly agreed the following guidelines to shipping companies on drawing up policies on mental health and illness.

This publication is a guide to the operation and management of offshore support vessels (OSVs).

A range of MNTB publications are available from Witherbys many of which are approved reading for maritime and shipping courses.

The British Tugowners Association (BTA) in collaboration with the UK Chamber of Shipping has launched its new Pilots’ Pocket Guide and Checklist.

Operational handbook explores what good bridge resource management looks like and details, for all types of vessel, techniques for effective and optimised bridge teams.

This 2021 Guide is an essential resource for any ship navigating the English Channel, Dover Strait and Southern North Sea.

Practical Guidance for Shipping companies on Improving mental wellbeing

Masters and officers certified under STCW serving on board ships fitted with ECDIS must undertake an approved ECDIS generic training programme. This handy publication allows mariners to record details of these ECDIS training courses, undertaken both ...

This publication contains guidelines to shipping companies on seven key health and safety topics. They have been reviewed regularly by the Committee and are fully up to date.

The UK Chamber has published its updated Master’s Guide to Shipboard Disciplinary Procedures.

This guidance aims to suggest corporate procedures for preventing bribery to comply with the law; assist companies to develop policies, tactics and training to better equip masters to resist demands for facilitation payments and; consequently reduce ...