No. of employees 40 Founded 1740 Country of origin United Kingdom | Founder Thomas Witherby Number of employees 40 | |
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Headquarters location Edinburgh (UK)
Livingston, West Lothian (UK) Official website Witherby Publishing Group Headquarters Livingston, United Kingdom Profiles | ||
Witherby Seamanship international, also known as the Witherby Publishing Group, is a marine publisher of training, reference and regulatory materials and is the resulting merger of Witherby Books and Seamanship International in January 2008. Beginning with its origins in 1740 it lays claim to being the oldest independent publisher in the English-speaking world. Witherby are the official electronic distributors for the International Maritime Organization and publish work with numerous shipping bodies. These include the International Chamber of Shipping, the UK Chamber of Shipping, OCIMF and SIGTTO. Witherby are the sole official distributor of INTERTANKO publications.
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History
Witherby continue the tradition of publishing and bookselling initially started by Thomas Witherby in 1740. The collections of the early Witherby company are available at the London Metropolitan Archives. In 1998 Seamanship International began providing training materials for the maritime industry and merged with Witherby. It has since expanded to become one of the largest maritime publishers in the world, publishing over 400 titles to over 110 countries in the world.
Location
The company has registered offices in Edinburgh, with the main offices and warehouse being located in Livingston, West Lothian, in Scotland.
Awards
Recent awards have included the Queens Award for Enterprise and the Lloyds List Training Award.