Standard Publications

Standard Publications 

Below is the List of Publication which should be maintained onboard.

Company Publication list should be referred

International Chamber of Shipping

1. Perils at Sea & Salvage, A Guide for Masters
2. Bridge Procedures Guide 
   
3. Vessel inspection questionnaire for bulk/oil/chemical carriers and gas carriers
   
4. Guide to Helicopter Ship Operations
5. Ship to Ship Transfer Guide for Petroleum, Chemicals & Liquefied Gases

 IMO 

1. Standard Marine Communication Phrases (SMCP)
2. Crude Oil Washing Systems
   
3. Medical First Aid Guide for use in Accidents involving Dangerous Goods
4. International Code of Signals
5. International Convention on Load Line
6. International Safety Management (ISM) Code with Guidelines 
7. Master Pocket Guide for Cold Water Survival
   
8. SOLAS 1974
   
9. International Medical Guide for Ships 

Nautical Institute 

1. Mariner’s Role in Collecting Evidence

Merchant Shipping Act

1. The Merchant Shipping Act 1958 (as amended)
2. Master Safety Notices (M & MS Notices) 
   
3. Merchant Shipping (Distress and Safety Radio Communication) Rules 1995
   

ISO

1. ISO 9001:2015 – Guidelines for implementation of Quality Management System
2. ISO 14001:2015 – Guidelines for implementation of Environment Management System
3. ISO 45001:2018 – Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems

OCIMF 

1. Effective Mooring 
2. Prevention of Oil Spillage through Cargo Pump Room Sea Valves 
3. Clean Seas Guide for Oil Tankers, Retention of Oil Residues on Board
   
4. Guideline for handling, storage, inspection & testing of hoses in the field
5. Mooring Equipment Guideline
6. Tanker Management & Self Assessment
7. Drugs and Alcohol on board Ships
8. International Safety Guide for Oil Tankers & Terminals (ISGOTT)
9. Recommendations for Oil and Chemical Tankers Manifolds 

Other Publications

1. P&I Club Hand Book 
2. Procedure for Port State Control 
3. Supplement to IMDG Code GEN 26
4. Ship Captain’s Medical Guide – HMSO GEN 28 Master
5. STCW 1995 including 2010 amendments GEN 30 Master
6. IAMSAR Vol. III 
7. Guide to Port Entry
8. Life Saving Appliance Code (LSA Code) 
9. Fire Safety System Code (FSS Code)
10. Norie’s Nautical Tables 
11. Inert Gas Systems 
12. Petroleum Measurement Tables – ASTM Tables
13. GCC Rules (for Gulf going Tankers)
14. Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seamen
15. Mariner’s Handbook
    
16. Collision Regulations, 1972 (as amended)
17. MARPOL 73/78
    
18. Ships Routeing 
    
19. BA Load Line Zones 
    
20. Guide to Maritime Security and the ISPS Code (ISPS Code)
21. ILO Maritime Labour Convention 2006.

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1. Emergency-generator
2. CO2 System
3. Checklist-for-handing-over-taking-over-of-second-mate
4. Pipeline-and-valves
5. Initial-certificate
6. Calibration-of-ship-equipment
7. Breathing-air-compressor
8. Meteorology-phase-1
   
9. Letter-of-protest
10. Cargo-document
11. Working-aloft-permit
12. Hot-work-permit-and-precautions
13. Enclose-space-entry-procedure
    
14. Emergency-shut-down-button
    
15. Initial-certificate
16. Calibration-of-ship-equipment
17. Breathing-air-compressor
    
18. Log-book
    
19. Bunkering-plan-and-precautions
    
20. Passage-planning
    
21. Inert-gas
    
22. Critical-spare
    
23. Handing-over-taking-over-Chief-mate
    
24. Handing-over-taking-over-of-Master
    
25. Plans and Manuals
    
26. P and I clubs
    
27. Classification-societies
    
28. Marpol annex 5
29. Ballast water management- exchange
30. Marpol  ammendment 2020
31. Marpol  ammendment 2021
32. Marpol  ammendment 2022
33. Marpol ammendment 2023
34. Cargo document
35. Contents of procedure and arrangements manual
36. Tanker statement of fact
37. Tanker definations
38. Notice of readiness
39. Sopep
40. Drill
41. Stowage-plan-and-loadable
42. Work-rest-hour
43. Alcohol-testing-is-done-onboard
44. Duties-and-responsibilities-of-deck-cadets
45. Bill of lading
46. Emergency-towing-arrangement
47. Content-of-wheel-house-poster
48. Member-States-of-the-Prominent- MOU -on PSC
49. Triangle-permanently-marked-at-midship-on-some-ships
50. Guidelines-for-handling-high-viscous-molasses
51. Content-of-contract-of-employment
52. Master VIQ checklist
53. Iamsar
54. Brake-rendering-testing
55. Ships certificates
56. Hand-steering
57. Air draft
58. Ecdis
59. GP Rating course
60. Ship Pyrotechnics
61. Oil-spill-preparedness
62. Maritime-security

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