The Mariner's Blog

  • Sep 22, 2015
  • Charles Hays
New Ships' Routeing 2015 edition published by IMO

  The International Maritime Organization (IMO) published Ships' Routeing 2015 edition and is now available. Ships' Routeing 2015 edition renders ...

  • Aug 7, 2015
  • Charles Hays
New IHO S-52 ECDIS Standards: What does it mean for electronic navigation charts & ECDIS?

The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) has well documented mandatory carriage of ECDIS for SOLAS class vessels, but new technical standa...

USCG Exam Study Materials
  • Jun 22, 2015
  • Charles Hays
USCG Exam Study Materials

 Deck Guide for Permitted Materials in the USCG Exam Room   United States Coast Guard Deck Exam Mariners seeking USCG deck cer...

  • Jun 17, 2015
  • Charles Hays
Admiralty Digital List of Radio Signals, Vol. 1,3,4,5 now available as part of the Admiralty Digital Publications portfolio

  The Admiralty Digital List of Radio Signals (ARDS) Volume 1,3,4,5 is now available for mariners who are mandated to comply with Safety of Life a...

IMO Publication Carriage Requirements On Board Vessels
  • Mar 4, 2015
  • Charles Hays
IMO Publication Carriage Requirements On Board Vessels

  Current International Maritime Organization (IMO) publication carriage requirements were approved by the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC,) he...

  • Feb 5, 2015
  • Charles Hays
ECDIS, Vector Charts, & Raster Charts

ECDIS (Electronic Chart Display & Information System) & official chart requirements SOLAS requires certain ships to meet International Mar...

  • Jan 13, 2015
  • Charles Hays
What's new in the IMDG Code 37-14 edition

    Important New Regulations For Radioactive Dangerous Goods: IMDG Amendment 37-14 Shippers and ocean carriers of radioactive goods should be awa...

  • Nov 17, 2014
  • Charles Hays
SOLAS (Safety of Life at Sea) consolidated 2014 released from IMO

The recent release of SOLAS Consolidated, 2014 edition from the International Maritime Organization (IMO) marks a new  chapter in the evolution of...

  • Aug 29, 2014
  • Charles Hays
What's new in the International Safety Management (ISM) Code 2014 edition

The International Safety Management (ISM) Code 2014 edition was released on June 23, 2014 by the International Maritime Organization. It replaces i...

  • Jul 11, 2013
  • Tim Gossett
Religion, politics and inner packaging

Some topics are best avoided in a conversation among friends. When those ‘friends’ are deepsea container lines and their shipper clients, a convers...

  • May 30, 2013
  • Tim Gossett
IMDG Code e-Learning and Future Plans Discussed at IMDG/ADR Event

The Nautical Institute organized a one-day event in Kent, England, last November, held to discuss the IMDG/ADR interface. As HCB reports, the event...

  • Mar 13, 2013
  • Tim Gossett
Estimates of Global Shipping's Impact on Greenhouse Gas Emissions to be Updated

A study by IMO concluded that about 2.7% of the global man-made emissions of CO2 in 2007—some 870 million tons—were emitted by international shipp...