Witherbys
Livingston, Scotland publisher of operational and navigational guidance, passage planning guides, logbooks and technical standards for shipping, in print and digital form.
Livingston, Scotland · Company
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Witherbys describes itself as the oldest independent publisher in the English-speaking world. It started out publishing marine insurance clauses, which it still does, celebrated its 280th birthday in 2020 and marked 285 years in 2025. It merged with Seamanship International in 2008. The company is owned and led by Captain Iain Macneil and is one of Scotland's largest publishing companies.
To keep its content current on topics such as cyber security, environmental protection and bridge digitisation, Witherbys operates its own research vessel. In 2025 it sold MV ASTRA and bought SEA RANGER, a 78 m former ocean-going salvage vessel that also served as an oceanographic research vessel; after reactivation and refit it will support passage guide development and research on security, MARPOL/environmental and energy efficiency solutions.
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