The emphasis of this model course is not on training to fight pirates, but rather to assist trainees to identify, deter or mitigate such events through proper planning, preparation and coordination with various entities.
The Performance Standards for Shipborne Radiocommunications and Navigational Equipment, 2020 edition provides mariners, Administrations, shipowners and manufacturers with new and revised standards for the safe and secure communication and navigation of ships. Under resolution A.825(19), and its superseding resolution A.886(21), the adoption of performance standards, as well as their amendments,…
These Guidelines are likely to be particularly helpful to senior managers in shipping companies and crewing agencies, including personnel and human resources managers, as well as masters and senior officers serving on board merchant ships. In view of the potential overlap of ILO MLC requirements with the IMO International Safety Management (ISM) Code, these ICS Guidelines should also be useful …
Of all the international conventions dealing with maritime safety, the most important is the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, better known as SOLAS, which covers a wide range of measures designed to improve the safety of shipping. The Convention is also one of the oldest of its the first version was adopted in 1914 following the sinking of the Titanic with the loss of mor…
The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (MARPOL Convention), is concerned withpreserving the marineenvironment through the prevention of pollution by oil and other harmful substances and the minimization of accidental discharge of such substances. Its technical content is laid out in six Annexes, the first five of which were adopted by the 1973 Conventio…