Port handbooks guide shipping companies on specific port operations, including depths, tides, fees and safety considerations. This archive dates from the 1980s and includes: ‘Port of Liverpool Handbook’ (1982/3); ‘Work Study and the Seafarer’ (1968); ‘Great Yarmouth, Port and Industry Handbook' (1982); ‘Forth Ports’ (1982 Handbook); ‘Inland Shipping’ a guide to the UK’s inland ports, wharves, and commercial waterways’ (1982); ‘The Channel Islands Shipping and Transport Handbook (1982); ‘Piraeus Shipping Handbook (1982); ‘Malta Shipping Handbook (1982); Falmouth Port Handbook for commercial users; Goole Port Handbook 1982; London Port Guide 1983; Ipswich Port Handbook 1982; Poole Handbook for commercial users (1980-1); Port Guide to Las Palmas and Tenerife (1980); Medway Ports Shipping Handbook (1981); Las Palmas and Tenerife Ports Guide 1981; London Port, 1982; BTDB Ports ‘82, Guide to the Nineteen Ports, including Southampton, South Wales, and Humberside; The City Handbook, Guide to the Shipping Services of the City of London (1982); Great Yarmouth Port and Industry Handbook 1981; Humber Ports Handbook 1981; Guide to the Port and Shipping Services of Hong Kong (1981, 1982); Hong Kong International Guide to the Port and Shipping Services (1983).
