 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...
 This official guidebook was officially released by OCIMF with the primary intention to provide all participants of the shipping industry, particularly terminal operators with all required information, which would aid the proper interpretation and, of course, subsequent implementation of the requirements applicable to the shipping port facilities.
Subject requirements are contained in a consolidated copy of the requirements outlines in the ISPS Code and presented in topical format, and an example model of a security plan. The two elements stated above are expected to assist the port facility operators in getting correct understanding of the current requirements. Among the main objectives declared by the compilers of this documents was establishing of the co-operation between contracting governments and agencies, local authorities, as well as port and shipping industries to assess and detect all potential security threats and also implement required preventative measures.
The authors of the paper have included as much of valuable information as possible, to ensure the exchange and collation of the associated info directly related to the security, and that the measures are enough proportionate and adequate. They all have also tried to provide a working and effective methodology to be used for assessing the security, plans and procedures to react to constantly changing levels of security.
 The present official ITU Manual has been released in accordance with the Radio Regulations, Article 20 and takes into consideration all results obtained in the course of the relevant technical studies conducted in the ITU-R. This set consists of two separate volumes. The first volume opens with the introductory information,, followed by the detailed system overview of the GMDSS describing the working principles, communication services. provision of MSI and major sub-systems.
The scope of main activities and responsibilities is also addressed here together with the general rules, radio- and operational procedures established within the system, proper use of the radio frequencies for alerting, requirements to the radio personnel, station identification, other procedures and related publication. The appendix contains the terminology and definitions, technical characteristics, tables of allocation, glossary and abbreviations.
The second volume of the set is intended to provide the extracts from the numerous regulatory documents directly associated with the maritime operations, such as the ITU Convention. Among the issues addressed in this part there are responsibilities, suspension of services, infringements, harmful interference, distress calls/messages, monetary unit, secret language and so many other relevant and important information.
 The official Rescue Boat Code released by the MCA, i.e. Marine Coastguard Agency. Among the main benefits in developing the present Code there were improved safety of the rescue boats, validation of the rescue operations by the MCA, harmonization of the operations and relevant standards, and classification of legal standings. The Code was re-drafted to reflect the latest updates done to the relevant standards and to clarify the responsibilities and applicable requirements to the examinations and MCA audits.
The content of the publication covers the definitions, application and interpretations, construction of the rescue boats and their strength, watertight integrity of the hull, arrangements for freeing the water, machinery arrangements and electrical installations, steering and propeller systems, freeboard and stability, bilge pumping arrangements, LSA including Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), fiire safety items including fixed and portable extinguishing systems, radio communications equipment, launch and recovery equipment, navigation equipment and navigation lights, boat storage, anchors and towing arrangements, equipment stowage, protection of personnel by design, medical care, owner's manual, maintenance, manning, procedures, certification, examination, maintenance and reporting of accidents, safety procedures, pollution prevention, testing...
 According to the reviews of the readers from all around the world, the author of this volume made a truly remarkable job in analyzing all complex issues relating to the marine pollution from marine vessels. As a result, this publication contains a very thorough analysis of all relevant regulations and investigation of the political and economic, as well as various social forces energizing and influencing making of the international rules.
Alan Khee-Jin Tan, the author of the volume, has also identified the most important deficiencies relating to the international maritime industry together with the regulatory system effective the whole effectiveness of the recognized rules and standards controlling the marine pollution. Moreover, the volume is suggesting various prescriptions in order to overcome or at least possibly reduce the impact such deficiency have.
There are three parts in this book. The part A is covering the regulations that are related to the vessel-source pollution in the eco-political context. The part B addresses the international legislative process and its relation to the pollution. The last part C is mainly dealing with the future of the such pollution regulation. The appendices that are there at the of the book, provide readers with the lists of treatises and articles, as well as relevant official reports and personal interviews...
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