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PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

The new consolidated edition of Performance Standards for Shipborne Radiocommunications and Navigational Equipment incorporates all amendments adopted up to December 2010 including:

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Stock Code: IMO-978E-2011

Author: IMO

Published: April 2011

STCW

A comprehensive review of the 1978 STCW Convention commenced in January 2006 and culminated in a Conference of Parties to the STCW Convention, held in Manila, Philippines, from 21 to 25 June 2010, that adopted a significant number of amendments to the STCW Convention and STCW Code.

The amendments update standards of competence required, particularly in light of emerging technologies, introduce new training and certification requirements and methodologies, improve mechanisms for enforcement of its provisions, and detail requirements on hours of work and rest, prevention of drug and alcohol abuse and medical fitness standards for seafarers.

This publication contains the Final Act of the 2010 Conference of Parties to the 1978 STCW Convention, resolutions adopted by that Conference, and a complete, consolidated text of the STCW Convention, including its original articles, revised annex and supporting STCW Code.

The Convention articles and annex provide the legal framework within which mandatory technical standards contained in part A of the STCW Code are applied. Part B of the Code provides guidance to assist those involved in educating, training or assessing the competence of seafarers or who are otherwise involved in applying STCW Convention provisions. While not mandatory, the guidance given has been harmonized through discussions within IMO, involving, where appropriate, consultation with the International Labour Organization. Observance of this guidance will contribute to achieving a more uniform application of Convention requirements.

All parts of this publication must be studied to understand the intent of the Convention fully and to give complete effect to the minimum global standards of knowledge, understanding, experience and professional competence desired by the States that are Parties to it, the industry itself and the general public.

The Convention and part A of the Code form a binding treaty between States, the interpretation of which is governed by the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties. The revision aims to bring the Convention and Code up to date with developments since the last full revision and to enable them to address issues that are anticipated to emerge in the foreseeable future in an effort to raise the standards of competence and professionalism of seafarers, upon whom the safety of life, property and the environment depends.

Stock Code: IMO-938E-2011

Author: IMO

Published: May 2011

BLUE CODE

This combined edition of BLU Code including BLU Manual incorporates all amendments adopted up to May 2010. It??includes:

Amendments to the Code of Practice for the Safe Loading and Unloading of Bulk Carriers adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee at its eighty-second session in December 2006
Amendments to the Code adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee at its eighty-seventh session in May 2010
Amendments to the Manual on loading and unloading of solid bulk cargoes for terminal representatives adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee at its eightyseventh session in May 2010
Additional considerations for the safe loading of bulk carriers approved at the eighty-seventh session of MSC in May??2010

Stock Code: IMO-266E-2011

Author: IMO

Published: April 2011

GUIDELINES FOR SHIPS OPERATING IN POLAR WATERS

The Guidelines for ships operating in Arctic ice-covered waters are intended to address those additional provisions deemed necessary for consideration beyond existing requirements of the SOLAS Convention, in order to take into account the climatic conditions of Arctic ice-covered waters and to meet appropriate standards of maritime safety and pollution prevention. The Guidelines aim to promote the safety of navigation and to prevent pollution from ship operations in Arctic ice-covered waters, and are currently recommendatory.

Stock Code: IMO-190E-2010

Author: IMO

Published: 2010

GUIDE TO SHIP SANITATION-THIRD EDITION

Publication of this product is expected on the 31st May.

The World Health Organization (WHO) ‘Guide to Ship Sanitation’ has become the official global reference on health requirements for ship construction and operation and is referenced in the International Health Regulations. Its purpose is to standardize the sanitary measures taken in ships, to safeguard the health of travellers and workers, and to prevent the spread of infection from one country to another. The Guide was first published in 1967 and amended in 1987.

This revised third edition of the guide reflects the changes in construction, design and size of ships since the 1960s, and the existence of new diseases including Legionnaires’ disease that were not foreseen when the 1967 Guide was published.

The Guide to Ship Sanitation is divided into seven chapters; each consists of two main sections, “Background” and “Guidelines”.

The “Background” section describes critical issues and supporting health evidence applicable to the specific topic of the chapter.

The “Guidelines” section in each chapter of the Guide provides user-targeted information and guidance. It identifies responsibilities and provides examples of practices that can control public health risks, highlighting the most important aspects that need to be considered when setting priorities for action.

Chapters include: