Marine Regulations & Guides

Please have a look into this book - it is the officially released Load Line Technical Manual which was prepared some time ago by the USCG with the ultimate intention of the authors to describe all applicable interpretations of the IMO Load Line Convention.

The first report integrating the US Load Line regulations and relevant policies, IMO circulars, IACS interpretations and the text of the Convention itself in a single documents was released in 1990, and the present Technical Manual has appeared as a result of the efforts made to prepare that report.

The publication is setting forth the established technical procedures applicable to the evaluation, calculation and assignment of the load lines. It is mainly applicable to the ships flying the flag of the US; however, the info provided in the manual will be interested to everyone. Brief contents as follows: Definition of terms; Applications and exceptions; General requirements; General particulars; Types of ships; Hull form corrections; Superstructure; Sheer; Minimum bow height; Load line marks and minimum freeboards; Miscellaneous freeboard items and corrections; Freeboard calculations for unique vessels; Sample calculations; Strength and stability requirements; General assessment criteria; Vertical access openings; Horizontal access openings; Ventilators; Airpipes; Scuppers, inlets and discharges; Side scuttles and freeing ports; Crew protection; Special conditions; General guidelines; Report to the Commandant...​

These Guidelines were officially released by ILO to provide required assistance for proper implementation of the provisions contained in the MLC 2006 related to the occupational safety and health. The MLC Convention of 2006 was adopted in the course of the special maritime session which was held in Geneva. The main goals of the convention are to ensure worldwide protection of seafarers rights and also to establish a field for the states and owners of the vessels committed to providing due conditions of living and working for the crew members.

OSH, standing for the occupational safety and health, implies anticipation and recognition as well as evaluation and further control of any hazards that can arise in, or from, the working place impairing the health, safety and wellbeing of the employees. The OSH is mainly focusing on the assessment and managements of the occupational risks, applying all necessary protection and prevention measures.

This is a very complex topic and it covers so many activity areas and standards that frequently require some adjustment to stay in line with the latest technological changes and researches in the field of potential health risks. This document provides information about fundamental OSH principles and responsibilities of the authorities, owners and seafarers, risks involved, accident reporting and investigation, and many other important topics.

This is the latest annual review by ICS organization. The booklet opens with the Chairman's overview. The main content is arranged in two big sections. The first section is devoted to the key issues of the maritime industry in 2017 - it covers such important areas as reducing carbon dioxide and associated IMO strategy for the next year, ballast water management, alternative low sulfur, pollution compensation and others.

The second section is the review itself. Among the topics covered there are global supply of seafarers, ILO minimum wage and developments, implementation of the training standards per STCW 2010, problems associated with the U.S. ballast water regime, crew repatriation issues, automation and digitization, maritime piracy, ship recycling, various ship construction issues, management of the cyber risks, United States energy exports, trade facilitation and negotiations, marine pollution liability and compensation matters, internal affairs - and this is not a full list.

You definitely must have a look in this review publication if you want to keep yourself up-to-date with all happenings in the industry and this booklet will let you avoid missing something important.

The Annual Review for the year 2016 submitted by the specialists of the ICS organization. The publication opens with a word from the Chairman... The man difference between a pessimist and an optimist is actually that the latter generally has much better time. And this is the main reason why the owners of the vessels shall always stay optimistic.

The present Review is exploring many issues of concern and interest to the merchant ship owners of today, as represented by this organization and its members. There are two trends ongoing in the maritime shipping industry, the first trend is that preparation for compliance with the newly implemented regulation presents one of the major challenges.

In turn, the second trend is that the IMO authority is continuing to get challenged by the unilateral rules, particularly rules that emanate from the US and EU. Many uncertainties are associated with the IMO BWM Convention. This document will be of interest for the people who shall be kept in the loop with everything going on in the industry, key issues and rules, environmental protection etc. Go through the content and familiarize yourself with the major trends and happenings. Continues in the Annual Review 2017.

The present document was issued by the United States CBP, i.e. Customs and Border protection, to serve as a guide providing all regulations and established procedures for the ships entering American waters. Though it is not actually intended as a comprehensive reflection of the regulations and laws governing entry to the US. It rather seeks to assist with proper identification of the issues considered significant to the maritime industry and list them in a logical manner.

The main objective of this guide is to promote the processing of all required forms as well as to ensure correct documentation and proper processing of the crew members and passengers; another goal is to reduce the fines. The content of the publication includes a comprehensive glossary of terminology used, many informative illustrations showing the forms, as well as the examples of the completed records.

The book starts with the arrival and departure manifests and entry requirements for the crew members, followed by the chapters devoted to the crew inspection and passengers, pre-inspection procedures, stowaways and private vessels, ferry operations and other important aspects that have to be addressed.

This nice and useful work by Urs Daniel Engels offers its readers a truly in-depth professional analysis of the Ship Recycling Convention which was adopted in Hong Kong in May 2009. The book is also intended to provide all interested people with a global overview of the rules applicable to the recycling of ships. The author of this volume has evaluated numerous proposals by EC that are addressing the current important problems of the recycling procedures.

The study performed by the author investigates the existing lack of ratifications of the above stated Convention from the economic and legal perspective. The first part of this book is mainly focusing on the history of the provision for entering into force of this Convention and the rationale that is behind it.

Taking into account that subject provision is providing a significant additional obstacle for subject Convention to become legally binding, the second part of the book focuses on the unilateral action in this field. The author also provides a very comprehensive overview of the associated legal environment of the legislation, which is then followed by a thorough analysis and professional evaluation of numerous reasonable proposals by the EC attempting to tackle the existing problems of ship recycling procedures...​

This latest official edition of the Ships Routeing shall supersede all previous editions of the book and includes all measures that have been officially adopted by IMO up to and including the 95th session of the MSC and 28th session of IMO Assembly. Eight sections of the publications, from A to H, cover the general provisions of the ships routeing, traffic separation schemes and inshore traffic zones, areas to be avoided, deep-water routes, other measures, associated rules and recommendations on navigation, adoption, designation and substitution of Archipelagic sea lanes, mandatory ship reporting systems, no anchoring areas and routeing systems.

The book starts with the introductory section defining the main objective of the document, procedures and responsibilities of the parties involved, design criteria, representation on the nautical charts, planning, etc. The Part B of the volume is arranged in several sections covering the Baltic Sea together with the adjacent waters, Western European waters, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Indian Ocean and adjacent waters, South-East Asia, Pacific Coast of the North/South America, Australasia, Western North Atlantic Ocean, Mexican Gulf, Pacific Coast of Asia, Caribbean Sea, Eastern North Atlantic and South Atlantic Oceans...

The author of the present book, Urs Daniel Engels, was intending to provide the readers with the results of a very in-depth analysis of the Convention concerning the recycling of ships that was adopted in Hong Kong some time ago, in May 2009. He has also conducted a professional and detailed analysis of the overall status of the existing regulations dealing with same.

The lack of the ratifications of the above mentioned Convention has also been investigated from both economic and legal sides. The first part of the book is mainly focusing on the historical background of the entering into force provisions of this Convention. Taking into account that subject provision is providing a significant additional obstacle for the Convention to become legally binding, the next part of the book was arranged to deal with the unilateral actions in this field.

The author has also provided a brief but comprehensive overview of the legal environment of the existing legislation concerning the ship recycling in Europe. In addition to that, the book also contains the evaluation of numerous reasonable proposals made by the EU with the intention to tackle the real problems of ship recycling of today. The useful paper for people working in this field.