 Another MCA publication setting out a standard governing every aspect of PMS, i.e. port marine safety, and aiming to enhance marine safety for the people using or working in the port environment. The content shall be considered applicable to all harbor authorities and other facilities in the UK.
The present Code, accompanied with the Guide to Good Practice also available at our site, is intended to play a critical instrumental role in achieving and maintaining good safety record in all British ports and harbors, through a pragmatic and reasonably proportionate approach to the established safety standards enabling all people involved to apply the principles stated in it.
All organizations and facilities not being statutory harbor authorities, including marinas, berths and terminals, are highly recommended to seek compliance with the requirements of the Code, adopting their marine SMS and underpinning this with a risk assessment conducted in a formal way.
Note that the Code is supported by the UK government and treated as the efficient and effective was to maintain and promote nationally recognized standards of marine port safety. Covering literally all major aspects of marine port safety, the Code together with the Guide mentioned above, is a must-have volume for all persons involved.
 This is the official publication by the International Maritime Organization. The text of the subject Convention is preceded by the text of the Final Act as stated in the title of the document. These two parts make the main portion of the publication. There are three attachments to the main part.
The first attachment provides clarification on the Articles 13 and 14 of the Convention, and the second one contains the resolution related to the York-Antwerp Rules. Finally, the closing part of the book deals with the international cooperation for the purpose of effective implementation of the provisions of the Convention. In the text of this document, the term salvage shall be understood as the activity that is taking place to provide assistance to a ship of other facility being in danger at sea.
This and other important terms are explained in the first article of the Convention. The second article provides information on the application of the Convention; it shall be noted that it is not applicable to the offshore facilities, such as the mobile drilling units and platforms. The publication shall be read and understood by everyone engaged in the maritime shipping industry of today, as necessary.
 Here is the set of four books containing the radio regulations. The first book contains the articles released by the ITU and provides information about the terminology, technical characteristics, interferences and frequencies, provisions for the radio stations and associated services, including administrative ones, maritime and aeronautical services, communications, frequency assignments etc.
The second volume deals with the numerous appendices, such as those on emission classification, harmful interference reports, figure code, system specifications, calculation methods and so many others. The third volume addresses the relevant resolutions and recommendations, including the notification of frequency assignments, equitable use of the orbits, radio-frequency management, personal application of the global satellite systems, cooperation and technical assistance of the countries in the field of radio and satellite communication, unauthorized uplink transmissions etc.
Finally, the fourth volume contains the recommendations incorporated by reference, including but not limited to standard frequency and time-signal emissions, calculating free-space attenuation, protection criteria for the related measurements, propagation by diffraction, established radiotelephony procedures and others.
 The content of the present Code of Conduct was developed by the several internationally recognized entities equally respected in the world of the maritime shipping, and was approved by the MCA, standing for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. Make sure you get yourself fully familiarized with the document. The Code is intended to set out the most important disciplinary rules as well as the established procedures applying when employing to work on the vessel.
The seafaring is commonly referred to as the occupation imposing certain requirements on the mariners, ones you would hardly find on any land-based works. For example, the seafarers normally spend their time in the enclosed environment, sharing this confined space with the others, and this makes them a bit more vulnerable to all stresses that the everyday life causes to the people working ashore.
Well, and this is where and when the good behavior and due discipline become of particular importance, directly affecting the living and working atmosphere. The main idea of the authors of the present Code was to set out the rules that would clearly reflect the behavioral standards; the compliance with the subject standards is expected from all people on board ship.
 The IMO introduced and adopted numerous safety measures that were designed in order to improve the bulk carrier safety, and that was after so many incidents had taken place, some of which involving total loss of the ships and even human lives. The subject measures included the important requirements intended to improve the overall strength as well as the technical maintenance of the bulk carriers, provided necessary guidance for inspecting these vessels during their stay at terminals, etc.
In addition to that, they covered the entire process of loading and discharging of the bulk cargo. All of the requirements have been reflected in the present Code which is considered to be of utmost importance for the safety of bulk carrier operation, due to the comprehensive coverage of all aspects. The publication will give a pragmatic and true framework for the risk management; note that the grain cargo is not covered.
The topics addressed include the transfer of the cargoes, handling the ballast, ship-shore interaction procedures and many others. The content was developed based on the valuable contributions provided by the ship owners, terminal operators and several other parties involved.
 The main objective of the BCH Code is to present the internationally recognized and applied standard related to the safe maritime transportation of the different noxious and dangerous goods in bulk, covering all tonnages through the development and implementation of the constructional features of the vessels. The main idea is to classify the tankers according to the degree of the hazard implied by the carriage of the particular substances, depending on its properties.
It should be noted that each of the substances transported by sea can have more than one hazard properties, for example, they can be toxic, flammable etc. Moreover, they can present hazard to the marine environment in case of their accidental release. During the entire process of developing the provisions of the subject Code it was taken into account that they should be based on the fundamental principles of the naval architecture and marine engineering.
In addition to that, the recent technological advances were also considered. Due to the rapidly developing field, the IMO reviews the Code on a regular basis to make sure that all of them have been duly considered. The document is mainly dealing with the design of the ship and the shipboard equipment and arrangements.
 Please have a look in the publication offered here - the GMDSS Manual is intended to provide, in a single volume, a truly comprehensive explanation of all fundamental principles upon which the whole GMDSS system is based, together with the requirements that normally apply to the radio communications as well as relevant technical recommendations for the implementation and the standards for the operational performance of the associated equipment, it's required technical specifications, established procedures to follow etc.
The book features a remarkably detailed description of the concepts of GMDSS systems and their development, addressing also the system components, requirements for the carriage, supporting IMO resolutions plus other regulatory documentation; in addition to that, this document contains all relevant excerpts from SOLAS, ITU-R recommendations and relevant performance standards that have been developed by the IMO, NAVTEX and SafetyNET manuals, GMDSS Master Plan and wealth of other valuable information.
The publication has been released to be used by ship masters and personnel involved in radio communications, shore personnel, operators and trainers, marine authorities and regulators and in fact anyone interested. Note that this is the official 2015 edition of the Manual; please also note that the document shall not be treated as a substitution for the ITU Manual or any other mandatory publication...
 The official IMO release - International Grain Code. The provisions of the present Code are intended to replace the Chapter VI of SOLAS containing the regulations concerning the transportation of the grain in bulk form. The reason for such substitution was the growing need for implementation of the broader technical regulations to transportation of the goods posing the hazards to the vessels or their crews.
As a result, the decision was made by the IMO MSC to establish a new Code providing more general requirements and placing more detailed provisions on grain carriage. This volume consists of the IMO Res. MSC.23(59) followed by the Annex containing the Code itself and arranged in two parts addressing the specific requirements, general assumptions and calculation of the assumed heeling moments. The Appendix to the document contains the above mentioned Chapter VI of the SOLAS Convention which has been replaced by this Code.
Needless to say, one of the most important publication for the crew of any vessel involved in the sea transportation of the grain in bulk. The regulatory information provided in the volume will be very useful and shall be used as necessary also by the people conducting the inspections of such vessels, i.e. marine surveyors, port state authorities etc.
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