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AMSA updated the publication to include new technologies, methods and survival advices AMSA Chief Executive Officer Graham Peachey launched the new edition of Survival at Sea at the Great Barrier Reef International Marine College, Cairns.Under the International Convention on Safety of Life at Sea, or SOLAS, all ships over 500 gross tonnes are required to have survival instructions such as Survival at Sea in the recreation rooms, crew cabins, lifeboats and liferafts. In Australia, this is implemented by Marine Orders Part 25, which also requires Australian cargo ships less than 500 gross tonnes to carry the manual.In launching the new edition, Mr Peachey explained how the manual is applicable to all users of the sea.Survival at Sea is not purely for large vessels, but relevant to all users of the ocean be they commercial or recreational.It is written in simple, practical language and provides important information on the use of life-saving equipment and practical survival techniques, where circumstancesmay require resourcefulness and knowledge to survive at sea until help arrives, Mr Peachey said.The book was launched as part of the Fourth Pacific Regional Maritime Search and Rescue workshop.The first edition of Survival at Sea was published in 1978 and this revised ...