Both the safety of shipping and the cleanliness of oceans are promoted in many ways, one of which is the continuing development of routeing measures to control the navigation of vessels and to monitor their progress. The measure that are described or defined in parts A and H of this publication are individually described in parts B (traffic separation schemes and inshore traffic zones), C (dee…
Of all the international conventions dealing with maritime safety, the most impirtant is the International Convention 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 kind: the firs version was adopted in 1914 following the sinking of the Titanic with the loss of more than 1.5…
Of all the International conventions dealing with maritime safety, the most important is the International Convetion 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 convetion is also one of the oldest of its kind: the first version was adopted in 1914 following the sinking of the titanic with the loss of…
The International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMGD) Code lays out the regulatory framework for all aspects of handling dangerous goods and marine pollutants in sea transport, but does not include all details of procedures for packing of dangerous goods or actions to take in the event of an emergency or accident involving personnel who hal=ndle goods at sea. This supplement presents the publicatio…