About Us

Shipping Today & Yesterday was first produced in March 1990 by the then Editor and Publisher John Young. The first edition stated that it would "offer a news service covering important developments in the Shipping industry Today and will look back at ships and events of Yesterday, with regular features on merchant ships."

In September 1992 the title was bought by HPC Publishing with John Young remaining in his role as Editor. The magazine continued to flourish and sustained its objective from the first issue. After editing 205 issues of Shipping Today & Yesterday John Young stood down and the April 2006 issue saw Nigel Lawrence (the current Editor) take up the gauntlet.

Shipping Today & Yesterday has changed considerably from its first issue, but it still provides the same news service and interesting features from the World of Merchant Shipping. The magazine has a strong and loyal following throughout the UK and abroad.

HPC Publishing also publishes Warships International Fleet Review. Warships IFR celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2008 and deals with all the latest news and developments in the world's navies.

All our magazines are printed by our parent company Hastings Printing Co Ltd