| Post: | Shipping Controller |
| Body: | Ministry of Shipping |
| Flag: | Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg |
| Flagsize: | 150px |
| Appointer: | Lloyd George Coalition Government |
| Constituting Instrument: | New Ministries and Secretaries Act 1916 |
| Formation: | 10 December 1916 |
| First: | Sir Joseph Maclay |
| Last: | Lord Pirrie |
| Abolished: | 1921 |
Shipping Controller was a post created by the Lloyd George Coalition Government in 1916 under the New Ministries and Secretaries Act (6 & 7 George 5 c.68) to regulate and organize merchant shipping in order to supply the United Kingdom with the materials to fight the war following severe losses.[1] [2]
The first Shipping Controller was Sir Joseph Maclay,[1] later Baron Maclay who was appointed on 10 December 1916.[2]
The second Shipping Controller was Lord Pirrie from 1918.[3]