This course provides training to candidates to be duly qualified under Section A - V/1-2 of the STCW code with specific duties for loading, unloading and care in transit or handling of liquefied gas cargoes. It comprisesa basic training programme appropriate to their duties, including liquefied gas tanker safety, fire safety measures, pollution prevention, operational practice and obligations u…
Those masters, officers and others who have immediate responsibility for the loading, discharging and care in transit or handling of liquefied gases will need to successfully complete this advanced programme of training in safety on a liquefied gas tanker, fire safety measures and systems, pollution prevention and control, operational practice and obligations under applicable laws and regulatio…
Search, and Rescue (SAR) comprises the search for and provision of aid to persons who are or are believed to be, in imminent danger of loss of life. The two operations search and rescue may take many forms, depending on whether they are both required or not, on the size and complexity of the operation and the available staff and facilities. Search, and rescue does not include salvage or the sav…
International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 2010 This publication is divided into three parts: Part 1 contains: the International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 2010 (2010 HNS Convention) overvie…
This guide aims to provide practical guidance to operators that may consider the use of sorbents as part of response operations to accidental oil or chemical pollution. Subjects covered in the guide include sorbent types, specifications, particularities, regulations, deployment techniques, waste disposal and precautions of use.
The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), at its thirty-third session, agreed that a new section V of the IMO Manual on Oil Pollution, dealing with administrative aspects and, in particular, with the roles and functions of entities which could be involved in an oil pollution emergency and its aftermath, should be developed. The present text is a revision of the first edition of the Ma…
A text which establishes a universal system of tonnage measurement for ships engaged in international voyages, this includes: - Final Act of the Conference; - International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships (Tonnage), 1969, including: - Regulations for determining gross and net tonnages of ships - International Tonnage Certificate; - Recommendations adopted by the Conference.
This guidance is intended primarily for seafarers. It provides information which will help you if you are unlucky enough to fall into cold water, or have to enter it in an emergency, or have to use survival craft in cold conditions. It also provides information which will help seafarers, trained as first-aid providers, to treat those rescued from cold conditions. This guide briefly examines …
This publication provides guidance to regulators and policy makers on the selection of action lists and the development of action levels for fish waste proposed for disposal at sea. While the Guidance is designed to assist with implementation of requirements under the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, 1972 (London Convention) and its 1996 Pr…
The IGC Code (2016) (IM104-16) does not supersede this 1993 edition which remains valid and applies to applicable ships constructed before 1 January 2016. International Code for the Construction & Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk The purpose of the IGC Code is to provide an international standard for the safe carriage by sea of liquefied gases (and other substances list…