A history of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers: Formed in 1911 to raise the standards and create a community of professionals, the institute was granted a Royal Charter in 1920 in order that it would become ‘the authority responsible to the world for the character and ability’ of its members. With its all important motto of ‘Our word our Bond’, it has duly become the standard bearer of the profession across the globe. This book is its story’.