diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Shop/Ship.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Shop/Ship.pm
index d590ef728..a9fc76743 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Shop/Ship.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Shop/Ship.pm
@@ -29,17 +29,6 @@ These subroutines are available from this package:
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-=head2 _loadDriver (  )
-
-The method used to safely load the Shipping drivers.
-
-=cut
-
-sub _loadDriver {
-}
-
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------
-
 =head2 create ( $session, $class, $options )
 
 The interface method for creating new, configured instances of ShipDriver.  If the ShipperDriver throws an exception,  it is propagated
@@ -121,6 +110,27 @@ sub getOptions {
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+=head2 getShippers ( $session )
+
+Returns an array ref of all shipping objects in the db.
+
+=head3 $session
+
+A WebGUI::Session object.  A WebGUI::Error::InvalidParam exception will be thrown if it doesn't get one.
+
+=head3
+
+=cut
+
+sub getShippers {
+    my $class      = shift;
+    my $session    = shift;
+    WebGUI::Error::InvalidParam->throw(error => q{Must provide a session variable})
+        unless ref $session eq 'WebGUI::Session';
+}
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 =head2 new ( $session, $shipperId )
 
 Looks up an existing ShipperDriver in the db by shipperId and returns
diff --git a/t/Shop/Ship.t b/t/Shop/Ship.t
index 954732286..02cf18f7d 100644
--- a/t/Shop/Ship.t
+++ b/t/Shop/Ship.t
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ my $session         = WebGUI::Test->session;
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Tests
 
-my $tests = 23;
+my $tests = 25;
 plan tests => 1 + $tests;
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -188,6 +188,27 @@ is($driverCopy->getId,     $driver->getId,           'same id');
 is($driverCopy->className, $driver->className,       'same className');
 cmp_deeply($driverCopy->options,   $driver->options, 'same options');
 
+#######################################################################
+#
+# getShippers
+#
+#######################################################################
+
+my $shippers;
+
+eval { $shippers = WebGUI::Shop::Ship->getShippers(); };
+$e = Exception::Class->caught();
+isa_ok($e, 'WebGUI::Error::InvalidParam', 'getShippers takes exception to not giving it a session object');
+cmp_deeply(
+    $e,
+    methods(
+        error => 'Must provide a session variable',
+    ),
+    'getShippers takes exception to not giving it a session object',
+);
+
+$shippers = WebGUI::Shop::Ship->getShippers();
+
 }
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------