CREW LIBRARIES

We deliver a crew library service to hundreds of ships making available more than 120,000 books annually. 

 

It’s a high quality and flexible service that ensures those away at sea have access to the books they want to read. 

 

The Maritime Labour Convention recommends (B3.1.11) that companies ensure their ships are equipped with a regularly refreshed supply of quality books for the benefit of sea staff.

 

We can ensure compliance by providing such a service.

 

The service is entirely customisable, tailored to suit the requirements and tastes of those onboard.

 

We can also supply specially selected easy to read books designed to promote the use of English as the international maritime language for crews whose first language is not English.

Whilst we still offer a hardback exchange library service, many customers prefer the convenience of us supplying their ships with a library of non-returnable paperback books. Each library of paperbacks carries a guarantee that the books it contains are all up to date titles.

 

The non-returnable paperback option means there is no commitment from the ship/company to ensure the books are returned to us. Once onboard the books may be freely dispersed amongst the ship’s company and read by many.  

 

As well as helping to fulfil a ship owner’s commitment under the MLC, crew libraries are a cost-effective way to promote crew well-being and can contribute to a corporate safety strategy by providing the means by which seafarers can relax at sea when off watch.

 

Please contact us to request a free, no-obligation quotation to look after your ships’ library needs. 

 

 

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Please invite us to tell you more about this service and how it can make a genuine contribution to life onboard.

 

 

 

 

 

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