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Witherby Publishing Group

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Witherby Publishing Group Ltd.
Founded1740
FounderThomas Witherby
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Headquarters locationLivingston, West Lothian and Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Key peopleCaptain Dr Iain Macneil (CEO), MNM,[1][2][3] Kat Heathcote (Commercial Director),[1] Gillian Macrosson, MD.[4]
Revenue£14.9 million (2022),[5] £10 Million (2020).[6]
No. of employees55[1]
Official websitewww.witherbypublishinggroup.com

Witherby Publishing Group, formerly known as Witherby Seamanship, is a technical publisher of maritime, nautical and navigation training, reference and regulatory materials.[1] The company is the resulting merger of Witherby Books and Seamanship International in January 2008.[1] Beginning with its origins in 1740 it lays claim to being the oldest independent publisher in the English-speaking world.[7][8][9]

Witherbys publish guidance titles with numerous shipping bodies and maritime NGOs. These include the International Chamber of Shipping, the UK Chamber of Shipping, BIMCO, OCIMF, SIGTTO, North P&I, the UK P&I Club, the International Association of Classification Societies, the Merchant Navy Training Board and the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST), as well as acting as an official electronic distributor for the International Maritime Organization.[10][11][12][13][14] Witherbys are an official distributor of INTERTANKO publications.[15]

The company holds working groups, which include specialist consultants from relevant sectors, as well as in-house technical advisors, authors and editors, to produce their publications.[16]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Scots marine publisher helps Australians navigate Barrier Reef". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  2. ^ "UHI Inverness students honoured at graduation ceremony". Inverness Courier. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Recipients of the 2022 Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service". UK Government. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Gillian Macrosson: new Witherbys MD". Publishing Scotland. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  5. ^ "WITHERBY PUBLISHING GROUP LIMITED". Companies House. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Specialist publisher weathers the storm". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Witherby Seamanship International Ltd". Publishing Scotland. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
  8. ^ "2015 Company Fact Sheet" (PDF). Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  9. ^ "Witherby History". Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  10. ^ "2017 Company Fact Sheet" (PDF). Witherby Publishing Group. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  11. ^ "Witherbys to publish books for the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology". IMarEST. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Chamber of Shipping and Witherby". Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  13. ^ "International Chamber of Shipping and Witherby". Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  14. ^ "BIMCO STEPS UP FOCUS ON PUBLICATIONS". Sea News. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  15. ^ "INTERTANKO and Witherby". Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  16. ^ Cite error: The named reference HSN2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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