World Shipping Directory 2004-2005

In addition to maintaining the Lloyd’s Register of Ships database, the company claims the largest database of maritime companies, details of over 8,100 ports and terminals, the world order book for merchant ships of 100gt and above, casualty data, fixtures, vessel detentions, photographs and an electronic news archive going back over seven years.

Drawing upon these vast resources, Lloyd’s Register – Fairplay has published this 15th edition of the World Shipping Directory . With more information than ever before, the two volume set has grown to over 3,000 pages. Access to that data is now enhanced, with subscriptions to the Directory including access to the World Shipping Directory Online . Updated daily, this web based service ensures access to the very latest company information.

And there is plenty of it. The latest edition contains more than 192,000 entries in 19 sections.

This includes 71,000 companies, 52,000 contact names and 69,000 vessel details. Each volume is separated into sections, quickly referenced by easy to use divider pages and supported by seven indexes. Should the user be looking, for example, for maritime lawyers in Vietnam, this vast document is so well organised that most users will navigate to the relevant information in well under 30 seconds.

For items of perhaps greater interest to MJ readers, such as Shipbuilders in the Netherlands, it is again a matter of seconds before you are to grips with 18 pages of information, with relevant companies listed alphabetically.

World Shipping Directory 2004-2005
Edited by Maggie Eacott
Published by Lloyd’s Register – Fairplay.
ISBN 1 901290 50 6
Hardback, 2 volumes, 3066 pages.
Price: £280