- Directors' minutes 1893-1974
- Memorandum and articles of association 1893-1976
- Share records 1853-1974
- Agreements 1868-1960
- Annual and extraordinary meeting records 1847-1981
- Balance sheets 1929-1957
- Insurance accounts 1961-1966
- Trial balances 1928-1974
- Directors' reports and accounts 1947-1987
- Detailed accounts and end of year statements 1950-1978
- Clyde Shipping Co Ltd group accounts 1963-1983
- Clyde Shipping Co Ltd group taxation records 1923-1983
- Miscellaneous accounts 1945-1973
- Investment records 1894-1980
- Pension records (investments) 1947-1980
- Cashbooks 1858-1981
- Private ledgers 1872-1946
- General ledgers 1914-1979
- Other ledgers 1937-1978
- Abstract and analysis ledgers 1929-1974
- Journals 1916-1963
- Staff, wages and salary records 1856-1981
- Labour, industrial action, accident, wage agreements and employers' meeting subject files 1925-1945
- Trading and freight records 1859-1974
- Towing records 1867-1979
- Vessel logs 1957-1968
- Vessel records 1840-1960
- Casualty books 1912-1968
- Insurance claim - vessels 1935-1972
- Workmen's compensation records 1937-1960
Ministry of Transport records including:
- Charter parties c1940-1945
- Voyage accounts and expenses 1941-1973
- Vessel journals 1940-1947
- Correspondence - claims and charters 1938-1961
- Vessel logs 1945-1946
- Registers of sailings and vessel movements 1856-1968
- Boat account and analysis books 1948-1972
- Passenger handbooks and guides 1885-1928
- Rates department correspondence 1904-1963
- Secretary's correspondence 1873-1980
- Miscellaneous presscuttings, correspondence, published histories and publicity materials 1819-c1990
- Annual reports and circulars of trade associations 1904-1930
- Presscuttings 1945-1960
The collection also includes a large body of annual reports and board papers of subsidiary and associated companies of Clyde Shipping Co Ltd. Along with these records, there are often subject files created by Clyde Shipping Co Ltd regarding each individual company. Records exist for the following companies:
- R L McAlpine & Co Ltd 1969-1981
- Neil Beaton (Portree) Ltd 1953-1973
- William Campbell (Port Glasgow) Ltd 1966-1981
- Cargo International (Cork) Ltd 1969-1981
- Cargo Services Ltd 1974-1980
- Casey Travel Ltd 1979-1980
- Clyde Shipping Ireland Ltd 1970-1980
- Clyde Shipping Tugs Ltd 1974-1980
- Cooper Brothers Ltd 1977-1980
- Cork Offshore Services Ltd 1975-1980
- Cork Seabase Ltd 1977-1978
- Eglinton Limestone Co Ltd 1955-1973
- Eglinton Store Group 1973-1984
- FACE Ltd (Freight and Cargo Express) 1980-1981
- Matthew Farrell & Son (Waterford) Ltd 1975-1980
- Forth Tugs Ltd 1977-1982
- Franco Irish Food Industries Study Group Ltd 1961-1969
- Fraser & Borthwick Ltd 1958-1973
- Grangemouth & Forth Towing Ltd 1959-1977
- G Heyn & Sons Ltd 1969-1973
- Hipavia S A 1973-1979
- S & M Hunt (Transport) Ltd 1975-1978
- Irish Mainport Holdings Ltd 1970-1981
- Irish Offshore Driving Contracts Ltd 1980
- Irish Stand-by Boats Ltd 1977-1978
- The Irvine Shipping & Trading Co Ltd 1939-1981
- Kenny (Stevedores) Ltd 1965-1975
- LAS Air Cargo Ltd 1966-1981
- LAS Chartering Ltd 1966-1981
- LAS Group 1966-1971
- LAS Overseas Ltd 1962-1980
- LAS Transport Co Ltd 1968-1969
- Lawson-Batey Tugs Ltd 1981-1983
- Light Shipping Co Ltd (see UGD176/2/2) 1966-1974
- Line 3 Ltd 1970-1979
- London Scottish Lines Ltd 1957-1961
- Mannia Oil Distributors Ltd 1979
- Marine Transport Services Ltd 1959-1980
- Martrans Engineering Co Ltd 1980-1981
- J A Peden Ltd 1964-1981
- Plastic Rotational Mouldings Ltd 1963-1973
- Powers Coal Ltd 1953-1974
- Quarry Industries (Belfast) Ltd 1972-1980
- Ronayne Shipping Ltd 1975-1980
- Rossman Renovo Ltd 1973
- Rastrom Forwarding Ltd 1982
- James Scott & Co (Cobh) Ltd 1976-1980
- James Scott & Co (Cork) Ltd 1976-1979
- Seahorse Ltd 1976-1980
- Shetland Towage Ltd 1975-1983
- Simpson-Lawrence Ltd c1970-1985
- Toriginol (UK) Ltd 1966
- Tralee Seabase Ltd 1978
- Waterford Steamship Co Ltd 1902
- Waterford Stevedores Ltd 1975-1978