The Nigerian Shippers' Council  Transport Library is in the broad field of Transport with special emphasis on Commercial and Regulatory aspect of Land and Maritime Transport.

The library has over 3,000 volumes of books and subscribes to many periodical titles, newspapers and news magazines on local and foreign scenes. The stock range of library comprises literature on General shipping, Maritime Law, Maritime Insurance, Port Management and Operation, Transport, ship Management, Arbitration Law, Commerce, Management and Public Administration. The library collection includes technical reports from international organization such as UNCTAD, world Bank, IMO and other international research organizations.

Basically, the library's collection do not circulate to the public being  a specialized library as it exists primarily to serve the interest of the Council's Management and its over 500 staff who are located in the six geo-political parts of the country.

The Library's services are however available to individuals outside the Council especially the stake holders in the Transport Sector, Students in Higher Institutions, Business men and Researchers for research and reference purposes only.