The UK Chamber of Shipping is the trade association and voice of the UK shipping industry, representing around 200 member companies. They work with Government, parliament, international organisations and others to champion and protect the industry on behalf of their members. It is their mission to deliver for their members trusted specialist expertise, lobbying and influence at a UK level on maritime issues across national, European and international government and governmental bodies. They are one of the principal members of the

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. Their headquarters are i
Park Street
London. The Chamber promotes UK shipping around the world and often acts a source of maritime knowledge to the media. The body is also responsible for working closely with the UK government,

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and

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. The official publisher of the UK Chamber of Shipping is Witherby Seamanship. The

Merchant Navy Training Board The Merchant Navy Training Board (abbreviated to MNTB) is a voluntary body responsible for maritime training in the United Kingdom and for the training of the British Merchant Navy. The MNTB are based at the UK Chamber of Shipping office in Lo ...

is based at the UK Chamber's offices in London.

History

The Chamber has its origins in 1878 when a national trade body for shipping was formed. The Chamber was granted a

Royal Charter A royal charter is a formal grant issued by a monarch under royal prerogative as letters patent. Historically, they have been used to promulgate public laws, the most famous example being the English Magna Carta (great charter) of 1215, bu ...

in 1920 and went through several names, being known as the General Council of British Shipping until 1992 when its current name was adopted.

Presidents

*1881:

Edward Stock Hill Colonel Sir Edward Stock Hill (13 January 1834 – 17 December 1902) was a British shipowner and Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol South from 1886 to 1900. Career Hill was b ...

*1899: Honourable James Cleland Burns,

Cunard Line Cunard () is a British shipping and cruise line based at Carnival House at Southampton, England, operated by Carnival UK and owned by Carnival Corporation & plc. Since 2011, Cunard and its three ships have been registered in Hamilton, Berm ...

(later Baron Inverclyde) *1900:

William James Pirrie William James Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, KP, PC, PC (Ire) (31 May 1847 – 7 June 1924) was a leading British shipbuilder and businessman. He was chairman of Harland and Wolff, shipbuilders, between 1895 and 1924, and also served as Lor ...

, Chairman of

Harland and Wolff Harland & Wolff is a British shipbuilding company based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It specialises in ship repair, shipbuilding and offshore construction. Harland & Wolff is famous for having built the majority of the ocean liners for the W ...

(later Viscount Pirrie) *1902: Colonel

Robert Ropner Sir (Emil Hugo Oscar) Robert Ropner, 1st Baronet (born Röpner; 16 December 1838 – 26 February 1924) was a German-British shipbuilder, shipowner, and Conservative Member of Parliament. Career Ropner was born in 1838 in Magdeburg, Province of ...

, Ropner Shipping Company *2013:

Helen Deeble Helen Deeble CBE is a British businesswoman. She was the Chief Executive of P&O Ferries until December 2017, and was formerly President of the UK Chamber of Shipping. Career Mrs Deeble trained as an accountant and worked at Sears plc. She entered ...

. *2014
Kenneth MacLeod
Chairman of the British division of

Stena Line Stena Line is a Swedish shipping line company and one of the largest ferry operators in the world. It services Denmark, Germany, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Sweden. Stena Line is a major unit of Ste ...

*201
Grahaeme Henderson
*201
Sir Michael Bibby
*202
John Denholm
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References

External links

Catalogue of the Chamber of Shipping archives
held at the

Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick The Modern Records Centre (MRC) is the specialist archive service of the University of Warwick in Coventry, England, located adjacent to the Central Campus Library. It was established in October 1973 and holds the world's largest archive collecti ...

* {{Authority control British Merchant Navy Organisations based in the London Borough of Southwark Shipping trade associations