Description

A Guide to the Collision Avoidance Rules is the essential reference to the safe operation of all vessels at sea. Published continuously since 1965, this respected and expert guide is the classic text for all who need to practically and legally understand and comply with ‘The Rules’. This seventh edition includes the full text of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, with practical discussion of the implications of the rules included alongside all updates seen over the years, including the most recent amendments which came into force in December 2007.

The books sets out the ‘COLREGs’ with clear explanation of their meaning, and gives detailed examples of how the rules have been used in practice by seafarers, as well as excerpts from court judgments to illustrate how they have been interpreted in practice.

Written for seagoing engineers, navigating officers, senior crew, cadets and those in training, plus ship operators, marine lawyers and anyone concerned with the safe operation of shipping, this is an essential reference at sea and on shore.

Key Features

Table of Contents

• Foreword
• Preface
• Collisions and the Courts
• History of the Collision Regulations
• Part A - General (Rules 1-3)
• Part B - Steering and Sailing Rules (Rules 4-19)
• Part C - Lights and Shapes (Rules 20-31)
• Part D - Sound and Lights Signals (Rules 32-37)
• Part E – Exemptions
• Annexes to the Rules
• Annex I - Details of lights and shapes
• Annex II - Additional signals for fishing vessels
• Annex III - Details of sound signal appliances
• Annex IV - Distress signals International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers
• Table for Use in Assessing Risk of Collision
• Maneuvers to avoid Collision (including Maneuvering Diagram)
• Maneuvering Information
• Ships Referred to in the Text
• Index

Product Details

Edition: 7
Published: November 3, 2011
No. of pages (Hardback): 200
Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
Language: English
Paperback ISBN: 9780080974750
Hardback ISBN: 9780080971704
eBook ISBN: 9780080971711

About the Authors

A. N. Cockcroft
Marine consultant and collision regulations expert, UK. Former International Maritime Organization (IMO) collision regulations committee member.

Affiliations and Expertise
Marine consultant and collision regulations expert. Former International Maritime Organization (IMO) collision regulations committee member.
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J. N. F. Lameijer
Jan Lameijer has been actively engaged in matters related to COLREGS and Ships' Routeing as an advisor to the Netherlands Administration from 1969 until 2010.
As a representative of the Netherlands Administration Jan has been active for about 35 years in working groups of the Sub-Committee of Safety of Navigation, concerning COLREGS and Ships' Routeing. For more than 10 years Jan acted as chairman of NAV-subcommittee working group on ships routeing.

In recognition contributions to navigation, The Council of the Royal Institute of Navigation awarded Jan the Institutes Gold Medal for the year 2004.

Affiliations and Expertise
Marine consultant and collision regulations expert, Norway.