BACKGROUNDBACKGROUND
With over 32,500 codes, the Marine Stores Guide is the world’s leading reference guide for maritime purchasing and supply
The Marine Stores Guide, in its various forms has been in circulation since 1978 and during that time more than 55,000 copies have been printed. The unique six-digit number, which is used to identify a product, has remained consistent throughout production, which makes every issue usable even today!
The new 4th edition, which has just been released, has been updated to include more than 3,700 items and 32,500 codes. Spanish and Chinese names have been added to product titles and a provisions code has been included as well. The IMPA Marine Stores Guide is widely used on board ship as well as by suppliers and purchasers in office locations around the world.
The IMPA Marine Stores Guide 4th Edition is priced at £130 and available through a network of international distributors, it is also available from IMPA in the UK on telephone: +44 (0)1206 798900.
History of IMPA Marine Stores Guide |
1964 |
Fuji start work on a compilation of the "Mariners Guide", Fuji's first catalogue. |
1965 |
The compilation of the "Mariners Guide", consisting of two volumes, was complied, one year later. The catalogue, which consisted of a filing system in a binder. |
1968 |
A committee was set-up to commence work on the codification of each item of stores. To supply all types of goods to ships of any nation correctly and unmistakably, strategy aimed at putting a code number on each item we dealt with. |
1970 |
Two years after the establishment of the codification committee, the expected "Code Book was completed. The first step in creating a catalogue, getting ready for the computer age. |
1971 |
Mr. H. Koike introduced the company's catalogue and code book at the Annual Convention ISSA in Bremen |
1974 |
The coded catalogue was completed. |
1975 |
At the Annual Convention of ISSA how to use our system was discussed |
1978 |
At the ISSA convention in Athens, the first ISSA coded catalogue "Ship Stores Catalogue" was introduced. The catalogue was to be conveniently used around the world for 14 years. |
1984 |
At the ISSA General Convention at Yokohama, ISSA decided to continue compilation of the Second edition of the ISSA Catalogue and complied. |
1991 |
ISSA decided to have another catalogue of its own complied, and notified Fuji of the agreement cancellation in 1992. |
1992 |
Fuji proposed a new adoption of the catalogue to IMPA.and the adoption of our new catalogue was officially decided in the IMPA convention inRotterdam. It was to be published as IMPA's "Marine Stores Guide" in 1993. |
1993 |
"IMPA Buyers Guide of Ship Stores" was published. . A request for publication of the IMPA M.S.G. CD-ROM version was heard from around 1993,And many companies in the industry, as well as the IMPA, expressed their strong desire that it should be published as early as possible. |
| Total number of codes = 25,290 Copies sold 1,000 | |
1994 |
'IMPA Marine Stores Guide Second Edition' was published. |
| Total number of codes = 25,913 Copies sold 8,200 (94-97) | |
1997 |
The project team of IMPA M.S.G. CD-ROM version was organized |
1998 |
'IMPA Marine Stores Guide Third Edition' was published.The CD-ROM version of the IMPA Marine Stores Guide 3rd Edition was completed. |
| Total number of codes = 30,618 Copies sold 11,070 (98-02) | |
2003 |
'IMPA Marine Stores Guide Forth Edition' was published. The CD-ROM version of the 'IMPA Marine Stores Guide Fourth Edition' was completed. |
| Total number of codes = 33,763 Copies sold 7,686 (03-05) | |
2004 May |
IMPA CD-ROM Fourth Edition ShipLink version was published. |
2005 July |
IMPA CD-ROM Fourth Edition LAN version was published. |