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.

This software has been specifically released for the devices with Android operating system installed. There will be no need to activate. It will work on any 2.2+ version of Android. This program can find and download various data on the vessels from the network.

Such information may include principal dimensions, ship owner and charterer, shipbuilder and engine maker, ship photographs and latest position. All that the users will need is to enter is either the IMO number of the ship or her name and all information available at all open sources will automatically get collected and presented to their attention immediately.

The program is one of the most popular in the world of shipping since it allows to obtain all required information on most of the ships in the world in just couple of seconds time. That is why it is there installed on the android devices of the majority of people involved in the shipping industry whose activities required being informed on the particulars of the different ships and other information.

This newly released ver. 1.1.2 of Seabook software for Android system. Note that it has been designed to work on any 2.1+ Android which is not a problem today at all. This program can be used by ship crew members, marine cadets, master mariners and others.

Seabook contains all necessary international regulations like COLREG, GMDSS and many others, information on marine engineering, ship navigation, knots, currencies and flags of all countries, dangerous goods, ship stability, international code of signals etc.

Though most of the publications are already presented at our website in pdf format and are available for immediate download, we would still suggest you try this application since it allows users to have a collection of the most commonly used marine regulations in a single program.

It contains absolutely everything that the students, practicing engineers, naval architects, ship designers, marine surveyors, port authority officers, crew members of the vessels, ship operators and in fact all other persons may need for their day-to-day activities. The program is continuously improving and new features will be added. No need for activation. Program is free. No viruses inside.

The official IMO product - "Regs4ships Digital Maritime Regulations" - is a fully searchable marine regulations database; it combines the relevant Flag State compliance documentation with the IMO, ILO and European Union legislation in order to provide users - industry professionals, seafarers, ship owners, port state officers - with an overall regulatory solution.

This software contains circular letters, circulars, codes, guidelines, manuals, conventions, resolutions, unified interpretations and all other regulatory information necessary for the everyday activities of the participants of maritime industry.

In short, this is an excellent collection of the regulatory documents which will of course be of great practical use for all persons engaged in the shipping, including crew members of the vessels who will use it for preparing of the vessel for the survey and to maintain the onboard arrangements in due compliance with all requirements, for the state inspectors and marine surveyors, for ship owners, insurance agents and all other categories. Just download this pack and save it to make sure all documents are available for ready reference at any desired time.

This is just another android-based application that has been developed and then officially released by LR team of specialists. The present program is primarily aimed to assisted with the identification of the most common causes of vessel detention - it has already been widely acknowledged as one of the best and most useful tools available today to assist the owners of the vessels and operators to comply with all relevant requirements of international conventions, reducing the risk of detention.

This software enables the users to view the applicable regulatory and legislative requirements, they will also be able to save the custom checklists, add the images and notes done in the process of preparation or inspection, check off the activities that have been completed, forward the completed checklists by email etc. - the application provides all function necessary to the effective preparation of the ship to the inspection and will be equally useful for the inspectors and crew members.

One of the most useful tools available today for the easy determination of the PED (standing for the Pressure Equipment Directive) hazard categories as well as conformity assessment modules normally applicable to their pressure equipment.

The application developed and released by LR features a very easy to use step-by-step user interface and helps clear any confusion about the PED category to be applied. All required technical details of the modules and categories are readily available.

Among the other useful features of the present application we would mention simple data inputs, display of the category and modules on the basis of the equipment type, fluid and phase, detailed description of the equipment manufacturer's and NB's (Notified Body) separate responsibilities.

An absolutely recommended software to be installed on any android-based device, featuring compactness and practicality of the content together with the wide choice of functions. As usual, no viruses of anything. Just download, install and start using.

The OceanBrain is the program which was specifically developed in order to provide required assistance to you in making shipboard documents which you have an obligation to hand in when your ships call on and sail from international ports, or go through canals.

As the name implies, this software will be useful for crew members dealing with the ships documentation on a daily basis. Quite a handy tool for everyday use that may save some of your valuable time. Have it readily available on you computer and launch whenever required to prepare a particular document.

It is an extremely small and simple-to-use program. Though there must be many similar programs available today, this one features compactness, simplicity and very user-friendly working interface. No viruses or any sort of trojans or malware inside. No registration/activation required.