Nautical Publications carried

on ships
Carriage requirements by IMO

MARITIME ACADEMY
 Nautical Publications carried on ships
 Current International Maritime Organization (IMO)
publication carriage requirements were approved by the
Maritime Safety Committee (MSC,) held from May 10 to 19, 2006 and the
Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC,) held from July 18 to 22,
2005, (See MSC-MEPC.2/Circ.2)

 List of IMO publications can be accesses at below link

 http://www.imo.org/en/Publications/Pages/CurrentPublicatio
ns.aspx

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 Nautical Publications carried on ships
 IMO instruments such as the SOLAS, MARPOL, LOADLINE,
COLREG and STCW Conventions deal with many operational
aspects, inter alia, navigational responsibilities, safety-related
training/drills on board, safe cargo handling, oil spill prevention,
collision avoidance activities and watchkeeping standards.
 Therefore, these publications, although not expressly required by
IMO instruments, may need to be carried on board in order to
improve the crew’s knowledge and to enhance the implementation of
IMO instruments.
 No deficiency or non-conformity should be filed by port State control
authorities and/or ISM auditors against ships not carrying such
publications on board unless otherwise required by the ship’s Safety
Management System (SMS) manual.

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 In circumstances where copies of national regulations incorporating
the provisions of the required instruments are provided on board,
relevant publications need not be carried.
 Similarly, nothing in the IMO requirements preclude ships from
carrying publications required by IMO instruments and published by
Administrations.
 The publications may be carried in the form of electronic media such
as CD-ROM in lieu of hard copies. Acceptable publications in
electronic form should be those issued by IMO or an Administration
or a body authorized by an Administration to ensure correctness of
their contents and to safeguard against illegal copying.

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 Nautical Publications carried on ships
 Notwithstanding paragraph 4 above, the publications for
emergency use, such as the International Code of
Signals and the IAMSAR Manual should always be
available in the form of hard copies, bearing in mind that
such publications need to be readily available for use in
case of emergency without being restricted to a specific
place and by the availability of a computer

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 Publications
 REQUIRED BY ALL SHIPs

 International Code of Signals (hard copy)

 IAMSAR Manual Vol III (hard copy)
 Nautical Charts & Publications
 Publications required by ISM Code (Company SMS)

 Local authorities may require carriage of their own

publications (Eg – CFR 33, CFR 46 certain volumes for
ships visiting US)

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 Nautical Charts & Publications
 Publications and Reference Guides

 ADMIRALTY Sailing Directions

 ADMIRALTY List of Lights and Fog Signals
 ADMIRALTY List of Radio Signals
 ADMIRALTY Tide Tables
 ADMIRALTY Mariner’s Handbook (NP100)
 Ocean Passages for the World (NP136)
 ECDIS and ENC Reference Publications
 General Publications and Reference Guides

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 Astronomical Publications

 The Nautical Almanac

 Miscellaneous Astronomical Publications

 Miscellaneous Tidal Publications

 ADMIRALTY Manual of Tides (NP120)

 ADMIRALTY Tidal Stream Atlases

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 ADMIRALTY Digital Publications

 ADMIRALTY Digital List of Lights

 ADMIRALTY Digital Radio Signals
 ADMIRALTY Total Tide

 ADMIRALTY e-Nautical Publications

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 Nautical Charts & Publications
 Ships’ Routeing by IMO
 Chart Catalogue
 Guide to port entry
 Notices to mariners
 Ocean Routeing charts

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 Admiralty Digital Services

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 Admiralty Charts

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 Admiralty Publications

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 Admiralty MSI

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