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Websites for Deck Officers
Compiled by Malcolm Maclachlan, Lecturer, Glasgow College of Nautical Studies
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To obtain a personal floppy disk containing this file, contact Malcolm Maclachlan, Room 7/6, GCNS.
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With the exception of SECTION J: MISCELLANEOUS MARITIME SITES OF INTEREST, organisations and websites are listed in the same section order as in The Shipmaster’s Business Companion and the Business & Law Self-Examiner for Deck Officers, as follows:
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SECTION A: MARITIME TREATY INSTRUMENTS
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SECTION B: THE FLAG STATE
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SECTION C: THE SHIPOWNER, OPERATOR AND MANAGER
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SECTION D: THE SHIP
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SECTION E: MASTER AND CREW
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SECTION F: THE SHIP’S EMPLOYMENT
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SECTION G: MARINE INSURANCE AND GENERAL AVERAGE
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SECTION H: AT SEA
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SECTION I: IN PORT
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Using your disk in an Internet-ready PC, just click on the ‘www’ part of the chosen web address. Microsoft Word will take a few seconds to open the site. ‘OK’ the virus warning message to fully open the site.
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SECTION A: MARITIME TREATY INSTRUMENTS |
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Treaty-making organisations |
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International Labour Organization (ILO) |
www.ilo.org |
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International Maritime Organization (IMO) |
www.imo.org |
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International Telecommunications Union (ITU) |
www.itu.int |
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United Nations |
www.un.org |
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United Nations system of organisations |
www.unsystem.org |
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World Health Organization (WHO) |
www.who.int |
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International treaties |
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ILO Employment Standards – A New Approach? – ISF ‘Key Issue’ paper |
www.marisec.org/isf/isf%20keyissues%202000/ILO%20Employment%20standards.htm |
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ILO labour standards for seafarers |
www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/norm/whatare/stndards/marit1.htm |
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ILO publication listing maritime standards |
www.nautisk.no/eng/pub/ilo/labour-conven.htm |
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IMO Conventions (entry-into-force dates) |
www.imo.org/imo/convent/eifdates.htm |
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IMO Conventions (good notes on methods of adoption, amendment, enforcement, etc.) |
www.imo.org/imo/convent/treaty.htm |
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IMO Conventions (status summary table) |
www.imo.org/imo/convent/summary.htm |
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IMO Conventions (status table in full) |
www.imo.org/imo/convent/status.htm |
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IMO publications |
www.imo.org/htbin/htimage/imo/imagemap/navbar.map?528,13 |
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International Convention on Arrest of Ships 1999 |
www.unctad.org/en/special/imo99ou.htm |
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International treaties (1997 links to non-IMO treaties) |
www.sovereignty.net/un-treaties |
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Liability conventions (good notes on CLC, Fund Convention, Athens Convention, etc. and their Amendments, Protocols, &c) |
www.imo.org/imo/convent/liabilit.htm |
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Marine pollution conventions (good notes on MARPOL, etc. and their Amendments, Protocols, etc.) |
www.imo.org/imo/convent/pollute.htm |
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Miscellaneous conventions incl. Tonnage (good notes) |
www.imo.org/imo/convent/others.htm |
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OPRC Convention (good Briggs Marine notes on production of contingency plans to meet MCA approval) |
www.briggsmarine.com/bmes/index.htm |
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Safety conventions (good notes on SOLAS, STCW, etc. and their Amendments, Protocols, etc.) |
www.imo.org/imo/convent/safety.htm |
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searules.com (Lloyd’s List/Denholm Ship Management online regulations service) (subscribers only) |
www.searules.com/defaultr.htm |
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UNCLOS (United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea) |
www.un.org/Depts/los/unclos/closindx.htm |
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SECTION B: THE FLAG STATE |
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UK legislature |
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House of Commons and Commons Select Committees |
www.parliament.uk/commons/HSECOM.HTM |
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House of Lords and House of Lords Select Committees |
www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld/ldhome.htm |
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Parliament |
www.parliament.uk |
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UK law |
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Acts of Parliament (1996 to date) |
www.hmso.gov.uk/acts.htm |
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Commercial and Admiralty UK court cases indexed by subject matter |
www.courtservice.gov.uk/notices/comm/comm_judg2.htm |
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Consultation Paper on Possible Legislation to Combat Alcohol Abuse at Sea |
www.shipping.detr.gov.uk/consult/alcohol/index.htm |
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Court Service (England & Wales court information) |
www.courtservice.gov.uk |
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London Maritime Arbitrators' Association (LMAA) |
www.lmaa.org.uk |
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London Shipping Law Centre |
www.ucl.ac.uk/laws |
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Marine Guidance Notes (MGNs) |
www.mcagency.org.uk/mgn/default.htm |
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Marine Information Notes (MINs) |
www.mcagency.org.uk/min/default.htm |
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Merchant Shipping legislation (MCA list) |
www.mcagency.org.uk/publications/legislat.htm |
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Merchant Shipping Notices (MSNs) |
www.mcagency.org.uk/msn/default.htm |
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Statutory Instruments (1997 to date) |
www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/stat.htm |
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UK Government organisations |
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British Shipping - Charting a New Course (Government policy paper) |
www.shipping.detr.gov.uk/cnc/index.htm |
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Command Papers (including White Papers, Green Papers and a list of other consultative documents on various sites) |
www.official-documents.co.uk/menu/compap.htm |
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Consultation papers on shipping |
www.shipping.detr.gov.uk/conindex.htm |
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Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) |
www.detr.gov.uk |
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Environment Agency |
www.environment-agency.gov.uk/start.page.shtml |
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Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee |
www.parliament.uk/commons/selcom/etrahome.htm |
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Health and Safety Executive (HSE) |
www.open.gov.uk/hse/hsehome.htm |
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Her Majesty's Stationery Office |
www.hmso.gov.uk |
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Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) |
www.open.gov.uk/maib/maibhome.htm |
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Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) |
www.mcagency.org.uk |
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MCA contacts list |
www.mcagency.org.uk/location/contacts.htm |
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MCA detention lists |
www.mcagency.org.uk/detentions/default.htm |
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MCA press releases |
www.mcagency.org.uk/news/default.htm |
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MCA prosecutions |
www.mcagency.org.uk/enforcement/2000.htm |
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Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) |
www.nerc.ac.uk |
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Radiocommunications Agency (RA) |
www.radio.gov.uk |
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UK public sector organisations (many links) |
www.open.gov.uk |
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European and international maritime and commercial law |
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Admiralty & Maritime Law Guide (US site with good links to many international organisations) |
www.admiraltylawguide.com/index.html/industry.html#SR |
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Eur-Lex (European Union law) |
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/index.html |
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European Commission (EC) |
www.europa.eu.int |
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Giaschi & Margolis (good links to other sites) |
www.admiraltylaw.com |
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International commercial law (Australian site) |
http://online.anu.edu.au/law/pub/icl/material.html#AdmiraltyPracticeandProcedure |
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Ship arrest and maritime claims (Australian site) |
http://online.anu.edu.au/law/pub/icl/transcon/ShipArrest.html |
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Foreign flag state authorities and registers |
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Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) |
www.amsa.gov.au |
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Australian Registry of Ships |
www.amsa.gov.au/sro/REG/index.htm |
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Bahamas Maritime Authority |
www.bahamasmaritime.com |
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Belize Registry |
www.immarbe.com |
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Cambodian Registry |
www.maritimechain.com/csr/CSRedirect.htm |
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Cyprus Flag |
www.shipping.gov.cy |
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Hong Kong Shipping Register |
www.info.gov.hk/mardep/register/registry.htm |
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Hong Kong Marine Department |
www.info.gov.hk/mardep/home.htm |
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International Registries Inc. (Marshall Islands register) |
www.register-iri.com |
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Isle of Man Shipping |
http://gov.im/dti/shipping |
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Liberian International Shipping and Corporate Registration Office (LISCR) |
www.liscr.com |
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Norwegian International Ship Register (NIS) |
www.nis-nor.no |
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US Coast Guard |
www.uscg.mil |
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SECTION C: THE SHIPOWNER, OPERATOR AND MANAGER |
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Cable ship operators |
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Global Marine Systems |
www.globalmarinesystems.com |
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Chemical tanker operators |
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Bona Shipping |
www.bona.no |
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Broström Tankers |
www.brostroms.se |
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Chemical tanker owners (links) |
www.hazardouscargo.com/tanker/chemical.html |
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Denholm Ship Management |
www.denholmship.com |
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Dorchester Maritime |
www.dorch.co.uk |
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Jo Tankers |
www.jotankers.com |
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Norbulk Shipping UK |
www.norbulkshipping.com |
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Odfjell Tankers |
www.odfjell.no |
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Stolt-Nielsen |
www.stoltnielsen.com |
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Cruise ship companies |
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Airtours PLC |
www.airtours.com/airtourscom |
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Celebrity Cruises |
www.celebrity-cruises.com/asp/default.asp |
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Cunard Seabourne |
www.cunardline.com |
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Cruise line links |
http://w3.ime.net/~drwebb/cruises/cruise.htm |
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Cruise line links (a huge list) |
www.routesinternational.com/cruise.htm |
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Disney Cruise Line |
http://disney.go.com/DisneyCruise |
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Festival Cruises |
www.festivalcruises.com |
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Fred Olsen Cruise Lines |
www.fredolsen.co.uk |
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P&O Cruises |
www.pocruises.com |
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Princess Cruises |
www.princesscruises.com |
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Royal Caribbean |
www.royalcaribbean.com |
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Swan Hellenic |
www.swan-hellenic.co.uk |
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Windstar Cruises |
www.windstarcruises.com |
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Dredging companies |
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Boskalis |
www.boskalis.com |
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Dredging International |
www.dredging.com |
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HAM Dredging (with dredging techniques well explained) |
www.hamdredging.com |
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Dry bulk shipping companies |
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Associated Bulk Carriers (P&O Group) |
www.abcbulk.com |
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Bergesen d.y. |
www.bergesen.no |
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Leif Hoegh |
www.hoegh.no |
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Lauritzen Bulkers |
www.jlau.dk/bulkers |
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Gearbulk |
www.gearbulk.com |
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Mitsui OSK Lines |
www.mol.co.jp/index.shtml |
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Oldendorff |
www.oldendorff.com |
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Stena Bulk |
www.stenabulk.se |
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Stephenson Clarke |
www.nof.co.uk/scsl.htm |
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Ferry companies (mostly serving UK ports) |
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Brittany Ferries |
www.brittany-ferries.fr |
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Buquebus |
www.buquebus.com |
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Caledonian MacBrayne |
www.calmac.co.uk |
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Cenargo (parent company of Merchant Ferries) |
www.cenargo.com |
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Condor Ferries |
www.condorferries.co.uk |
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Ferry company links |
www.routesinternational.com/ships.htm |
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Hoverspeed |
www.hoverspeed.co.uk |
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Internet Ferry Guide (lots of links to operators worldwide) |
www.ex.ac.uk/~mspunter/ifg |
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Irish Ferries |
www.irishferries.ie |
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Isle of Man Steam Packet |
www.steam-packet.com |
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Isles of Scilly Steamship Co. |
www.islesofscilly-travel.co.uk |
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Merchant Ferries |
www.merchant-ferries.com |
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Norfolk Line |
www.norfolkline.com |
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P&O European Ferries |
www.poef.com |
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P&O Portsmouth |
www.poportsmouth.com |
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P&O Irish Sea Ferries |
www.poirishsea.com |
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P&O North Sea Ferries |
www.ponsf.com |
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P&O Scottish Ferries |
www.poscottishferries.co.uk |
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P&O Stena Line Ship |
www.posl.com |
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Red Funnel Line (Southampton, Isle of Wight & South of England Steam Packet Co.) |
www.redfunnel.co.uk |
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Sea Containers |
www.seacontainers.com |
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Stena Line |
www.stenaline.com |
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Swansea Cork Ferries |
www.swansea-cork.ie |
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Truckline |
www.eurofreight.com/truckline |
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Wightlink |
www.wightlink.co.uk |
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Gas carrier operators |
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Bibby Line Group (LPG carriers) |
www.bibbygroup.co.uk |
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Gas carrier owners (links) |
www.hazardouscargo.com/tanker/lpg.html |
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Lauritzen-Kosan (LPG carriers) |
www.jlau.dk/kosan |
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Maersk Company Shipping Division (LPG carriers) |
www.maersk.co.uk/maersk/shipping.htm |
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Mitsui OSK Lines (LNG carriers) |
www.mol.co.jp/index.shtml |
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Norwegian Gas Carriers (LPG carriers) |
www.skaugen.com |
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Heavy lift ship operators |
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Dockwise |
www.heerema.com/heavy/fleet.html |
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Jumbo Shipping |
www.jumboship.nl |
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Mammoet Shipping |
www.mamship.nl |
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Liner shipping companies |
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Andrew Weir Shipping (Bank Line) |
www.aws.co.uk |
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APL (American President Lines) |
www.apl.com |
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Canada Maritime (ice-strengthened box boats) |
www.canmar.com |
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Cosco (China Ocean Shipping Co.) |
www.cosco.com.cn |
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Curnow Shipping (operators of RMS ‘St Helena’) |
www.rms-st-helena.com |
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Everard Lines (forest products liner service) |
www.ft-everard.com/everard_lines.htm |
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Evergreen |
www.evergreen.com |
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Maersk Company Shipping Division |
www.maersk.co.uk/maersk/shipping.htm |
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Maersk-Sealand |
www.maersksealand.com |
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Mitsui OSK Lines |
www.mol.co.jp/index.shtml |
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OOCL |
www.oocl.com |
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P&O Nedlloyd |
www.ponl.com |
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Ministry of Defence organisations operating ships |
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Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) |
www.royal-navy.mod.uk/today/rfa.htm |
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Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service (RMAS) |
www.sd-dev.demon.co.uk/page2.html |
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Royal Navy (RN) |
www.royal-navy.mod.uk |
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Miscellaneous shipping sites |
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Freightworld list of shipping companies |
www.freightworld.com/mari_alp.html |
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Internet Guide to Freighter Travel |
http://people.we.mediaone.net/freighterman/index.html |
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Shipping companies links pages (a huge international list) |
www.hal-pc.org/~nugent/company.html |
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Offshore vessel operators |
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Boskalis Offshore (dredging, pipeline & trenching services) |
www.boskalis.com |
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Caldive (DSV operator) |
www.caldive.com |
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Eidesvik Shipping |
www.eidesvik.no |
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Heerema (construction and heavy lift vessels) |
www.heerema.com |
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Maersk Company Shipping Division |
www.maersk.co.uk/maersk/shipping.htm |
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Maersk Supply |
www.maersksupply.com/main/activities/supply/main |
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Marr Vessel Management |
www.j-marr.co.uk |
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Offshore company links (a huge list, but few shipowners) |
www.hal-pc.org/~nugent/offshore.html |
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Stolt Offshore |
www.stoltnielsen.com |
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Surf Offshore (good OSV info/images) |
www.surf.fr/fleet |
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Swire Pacific Offshore |
www.swire.com.sg |
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Tidewater Offshore |
www.tdw.com |
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Reefer vessel operators |
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Cool Carriers |
www.coolcarriers.com |
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Geest |
www.geest-bananas.com |
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Hamburg-Süd |
www.hamburg-sued.com |
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Hanjin |
www.hanjin.com |
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Lauritzen Reefers |
www.j-lauritzen.com/reefers |
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Star Reefers |
www.star-reefers.co.uk |
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Research vessel operators |
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British Antarctic Survey (polar supply/research ships) |
www.antarctica.ac.uk |
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CEFAS (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture) (fisheries research ships) |
www.cefas.co.uk
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Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) |
www.nerc.ac.uk |
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Ship management companies |
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Acomarit |
www.acomarit.com/shipmgmt/main.htm |
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ASP |
www.asp-sm.com.au |
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Barber |
www.barbership.com |
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Bibby-Harrison |
www.bibby-harrison.co.uk |
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Celtic Marine |
www.celtic-marine.com |
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Columbia |
www.columbia.com.cy |
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Denholm |
www.denholmship.com |
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Graig Shipping |
www.graig.co.uk |
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Norbulk |
www.norbulkshipping.com |
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V-Ships |
www.vships.com/index2.htm |
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Wallem |
www.wallem.com |
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Shipowners’ organisations |
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BIMCO |
www.bimco.dk |
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Chamber of Shipping (UK) |
www.british-shipping.org |
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Hong Kong Shipowners’ Association |
www.hksoa.org |
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Intercargo (dry bulk cargo shipowners’ association) |
www.intercargo.org |
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International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) |
www.iccwbo.org |
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International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) |
www.marisec.org |
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Intertanko (independent tanker owners’ association) |
www.intertanko.com |
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International Shipping Federation (ISF) |
www.marisec.org |
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Ken Olsen’s shipowners’ organisations links |
www.nee.gr/htm/Links.htm#Shipowners |
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Norwegian Shipowners’ Association |
www.rederi.no/en |
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Sea Safety Group |
www.ssguk.fsnet.co.uk |
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UK Maritime Forum |
www.sut.org.uk |
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United Kingdom Offshore Operators’ Association (UKOOA) |
www.ukooa.co.uk |
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Short sea shipping companies |
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F T Everard |
www.ft-everard.com |
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Lapthorn Group |
www.lapthorn.co.uk |
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Tanker operators |
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Bergesen d.y. |
www.bergesen.no |
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BP Amoco Shipping |
www.bpamoco.com |
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Chevron |
www.chevron.com |
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Shell International Trading & Shipping Co. |
www.shell.co.uk |
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Stena Bulk |
www.stenabulk.se |
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Chemical tanker owners (links) |
www.hazardouscargo.com/tanker/chemical.html |
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Teekay |
www.teekay.com |
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Towage companies |
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Cory Towage |
www.cory-towage.com/start.html |
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Smit Harbour Towage Company |
www.smit-havensleepdiensten.nl |
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Wijsmuller Harbour & Terminal Towage |
www.wijsmuller.nl/about/harbour_2.htm |
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Vehicle carrier operators |
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HUAL (Höegh Ugland Auto Liners) |
www.hual.com |
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Mitsui OSK Lines |
www.mol.co.jp/index.shtml |
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Wallenius Wilhelmsen |
www.2wglobal.com |
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SECTION D: THE SHIP |
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Design and construction |
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Astilleros, Spain |
www.astilleros.net |
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Blohm + Voss, Germany |
www.blohmvoss.com |
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Incat, Australia (high speed craft builder) |
www.incat.com.au |
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Masa Yards, Finland |
www.masa-yards.fi |
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Fincantieri, Italy |
www.fincantieri.com |
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Ken Olsen’s shipyard links (a huge list) |
www.nee.gr/htm/Links.htm#Shipyards |
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Shipbuilders and Shiprepairers Association |
www.ssa.org.uk |
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Ship Technology |
www.ship-technology.com |
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Superseacat |
www.seacat.co.uk/passenger/ht_superseacat.htm |
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Classification societies |
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American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) |
www.eagle.org |
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Bureau Veritas (BV) |
www.bureauveritas.com |
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China Classification Society (CCS) |
www.ccs.org.cn |
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Cyprus Bureau of Shipping (CBS) |
www.cbs-group.com |
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Det Norske Veritas (DNV) |
www.dnv.no |
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Germanischer Lloyd (GL) |
www.germanlloyd.org |
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Hellenic Register of Shipping |
www.hrs.gr |
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International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) |
www.iacs.org.uk |
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Korean Register of Shipping (KRS) |
www.krs.co.kr |
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Lloyd's Register of Shipping (LR) |
www.lr.org |
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Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (NKK) |
www.classnk.or.jp |
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Polish Register of Shipping (PRS) |
www.prs.gda.pl |
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Registro Italiano Navale (RINa) |
www.rina.it |
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Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) |
www.rs-head.spb.ru |
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Turk Loydu |
www.turkloydu.org |
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Ships’ equipment |
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Aspli Safety (LSA) |
www.aspli.com |
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BESCO (lifeboats) |
www.besco.de/li_lfeboats_and_more_main_ms.htm |
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BMEC register of systems, services and equipment |
www.maris.com/bmec/content/main.php3?lang=eng |
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British Marine Equipment Council (BMEC) |
www.bmec.org.uk |
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British Marine Industries Federation (BMIF) |
www.bmif.co.uk |
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British Maritime Technology |
www.bmt.org |
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British Standards Institute (BSI) |
www.bsi.org.uk |
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Comet (pyrotechnics) |
www.comet-pyro.de |
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Crewsaver (lifejackets) |
www.crewsaver.co.uk |
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Datrex (LSA) |
www.datrex.com |
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Hammar (hydrostatic releases) |
www.cmhammar.com |
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I C Brindle & Co. (LSA) |
www.brindle.uk.com |
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International Safety Products (LSA) |
www.ispl.co.uk |
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Jason’s Cradle (rescue stretchers and davits) |
www.jasonscradle.co.uk |
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Jotron (UK) (survivor location aids) |
www.jotron.com |
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Kelvin Hughes (chart services) |
www.kelvinhughes.co.uk |
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L & G Marine Fire and Safety |
www.chubbfire.co.uk |
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McMurdo (survivor location aids) |
www.mcmurdo.co.uk |
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Solar Solve (anti-glare roller screens) |
www.solasolv.com |
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UK Hydrographic Office |
www.hydro.gov.uk |