Shipping and Trade Associations

Specialist trades within the shipping industry rose to prominence in the latter half of the nineteenth century. The activities of the specialist Liverpool trade associations that sprang up as a result are housed in this collections. The records cover the following associations:- British Liner Committee; Canadian Atlantic Freight Secretariat; Liverpool Ship Owners’ Association; The Liverpool Steamship Owners’ Association; Shipping Federation, Liverpool and Mersey District; National Maritime Board; Employers’ Association of the Port of Liverpool; Marine Insurance Associations; Liverpool and London Steam Ship Protection and Indemnity Association; Liverpool and London War Risks Insurance Association; Liverpool Underwriters Association; Liverpool Cold Storage Association; The Liverpool Corn Trade Association; Liverpool Cotton Association; Liverpool Provision Trade Association; and The Sugar Association of Lancashire.