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Shipping Guides Ltd are pleased to announce the launch of findaport.com

- our new online port information resource for the maritime industry.

This comprehensive online resource amalgamates all the information found in our various print and electronic publications, including the highly respected Guide to Port Entry and Guide to Tanker Ports. Over 9,000 ports, harbours, cargo terminals, and tanker facilities worldwide are available, including over 4,700 port plans, terminal diagrams, photos and maps.

All our information is constantly researched, checked using only authenticated sources such as port authorities, agents and operators, and updated daily by our team of editors. Therefore, online subscribers of findaport.com can be safe in the knowledge that they are accessing the most up-to-date information available to us on the ports they visit.

Functionality

Findaport.com has been designed to enable easy access to the information that you require whilst maintaining its comprehensive nature. Port information is laid out in a logical sequence with contents headings providing quick access to the information that you need. These include a general description, pre-arrival requirements, max. size, safety and security, communications, berthing operations, cargo and shore facilities, regulations and other local information.

Many entries also benefit from reports of Actual Conditions Experienced (ACE Reports) at given ports and facilities. These invaluable reports (nearly 2,500 in total), supplied by shipmasters, officers and others at the front end of the maritime industry, provide a unique insight into the facilities and conditions encountered by fellow seafarers.

Searching

With both basic and advanced searching capabilities you can search using not only the name or country of the port, but also a geographical location, port facilities, cargo facilities or dry dock facilities. Further to this, the ability to save your searches and favourite ports on your own personal dashboard means you can tailor findaport.com to suit your personal port information needs.

Packages

For information on the various subscription packages available click here.

Special Offer

To celebrate the launch of findaport.com we will be giving away a free map to the first 100 subscribers. Make sure you are one of our first 100 and sign up now!

1 December 2009 - The Ships Atlas 13th Edition

Order your copy of The Ships Atlas 13th Edition from today!

As the most comprehensive marine atlas available to the marine industry, The Ships Atlas excels again with the inclusion of extensive improvements in this latest edition.

With a further 600 ports added, new detailed map insets of popular locations and extensive revisions to dry dock and distance table information, this 13th Edition will be an indispensable desktop companion for everyone, whether on the bridge or in the shipping office.

Managing Director, Ira Pielow, explains that ‘maintaining the accuracy and usability of all the maps within The Ships Atlas is our top priority whilst constantly striving to expand on the information we provide.’ As a result, the maps and the extensive index include user-friendly information symbols signifying size and capacity of a port, cargoes handled and dry dock availability and size.

The latest amendments on topical subjects are depicted in themed maps. These include Global Piracy Incidents, MARPOL 73/78 (including latest updates), Sensitive Sea Areas, International Load Lines and Areas, Standard Time Zones, International Navigating Conditions, World Political, Ocean Currents, Global Wind Patterns and Global Distribution of Major Diseases.

Features include:

over 14,000 ports, terminals and marine facilities
600 new entries and over 1,800 port updates
over 4,000 cross-references
area locator globes
revisions to all themed maps
symbols indicating major dry docks and airports
revised regional and international distance tables on 46 maps
map symbols indicating the relative size and importance of facilities and cargoes handled
a comprehensive index featuring port position, maximum size, fuel availability, medical services, dry docks and airports
A4 sized pages and hard cover for convenience and durability
a handy bookmark with printed legend
full colour with clear, easily readable text
the ability to customise The Ships Atlas with corporate information

To order and to read more about the 13th Edition of The Ships Atlas click here.