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SECTION E: MASTER AND CREW |
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STCW Convention |
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IMO Library Bibliography on STCW |
www.imo.org/imo/Library/stcw/stcw.htm |
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UK academic institutions providing mainstream nautical training |
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Academic institutions (MCA links) |
www.mcagency.org.uk/links/academic.htm |
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Banff & Buchan College, Freserburgh |
www.banff-buchan.ac.uk |
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Blackpool & the Fylde College, Fleetwood |
www.blackpool.ac.uk |
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Glasgow College of Nautical Studies |
www.glasgow-nautical.ac.uk |
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Liverpool John Moore’s University |
www.livjm.ac.uk |
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Lowestoft College |
www.lowestoft.ac.uk |
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National Sea Training Centre, Gravesend |
www.nwkent.ac.uk/nstc |
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North Atlantic Fisheries College, Shetland |
www.nafc.ac.uk |
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South Tyneside College, South Shields |
www.stc.ac.uk |
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Warsash Maritime Centre (Southampton Institute) |
www.solent.ac.uk/wmc |
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Other institutions & organisations concerned with maritime training, education & research |
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Association of Marine Electronics and Radio Colleges (AMERC) |
www.pcfe.ac.uk/amerc/amerc.html |
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Cardiff Law School (for maritime law courses) |
www.cf.ac.uk |
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Cardiff University of Wales |
www.cf.ac.uk/uwcc/masts |
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Centre for Advanced Maritime Studies (CAMS) |
www.camsedin.org.uk |
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Centre for Crisis Psychology |
www.ccpdirect.co.uk/index.html |
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HOTA (seafarer training in Hull) |
www.hota.org |
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Jewel & Esk Valley College (for GMDSS courses) |
www.jevc.ac.uk/gmdss |
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Lairdside Maritime Centre. Liverpool. John Moore’s University |
www.lairdside-maritime.com |
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Marine institute. Memorial Newfoundland |
www.mi.mun.ca/mi/cms |
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Marlins (English for seafarers) |
www.marlins.co.uk |
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Merchant Marine and Maritime ( links to maritime training institutes) |
www.pacifier.com/~rboggs/index.html |
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Merchant Navy Training Board (MNTB) |
www.british-shipping.org |
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North Sea Training Services (CPSCRB, FRB & EDH courses) |
www.northseaservices.com |
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Shipsafe Training Group |
www.sstg.org |
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Southampton University Institute of Maritime Law |
www.soton.ac.uk/~iml |
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Southampton University Institute of Maritime Law links |
www.soton.ac.uk/~iml/framlink.html |
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The Dynamic Positioning Centre, London (for DP training) |
www.thedpcentre.com |
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University of Wales Department of Maritime Studies and International Transport |
www.cf.ac.uk/uwcc/masts |
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Seafarers’ organisations |
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Apostleship of the Sea |
www.stellamaris.net |
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International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) |
www.itf.org.uk/sections/mar/mar.html |
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Institute of Marine Engineers |
www.imare.org.uk |
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International Federation of Shipmasters’ Associations |
www.ifsma.org |
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Marine Society |
www.marine-society.org.uk |
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Maritime Volunteer Service |
www.mvs.org.uk |
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Missions to Seafarers |
www.missiontoseafarers.org/ms_layers/ms_index.htm |
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Nautical Institute |
www.nautinst.org |
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NUMAST (officers’ union) |
www.numast.org |
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RMT (ratings’ union) |
www.rmt.org.uk |
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Seafarers International Research Center (Cardiff University) |
www.cf.ac.uk.uwcc/masts |
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Seafarers’ Benefits Advice Line |
www.seabal.co.uk |
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Seafarer recruitment and manning |
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Clyde Marine Recruitment, Glasgow |
www.clydemarine.com |
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Crewforce, Lowestoft |
www.btinternet.com~crewforce |
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Delta Marine, London |
www.deltamarine.co.uk |
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Dorchester Maritime, Isle of Man |
www.dorch.co.uk |
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Genesis Personnel, Aberdeen |
www.genesis-personnel.co.uk |
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International Marine Manning Services (IMMS), N. Ireland |
www.internationalmarine.co.uk |
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Lowland International, Netherlands |
www.lowland.com |
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Maersk Company Cadet Scheme |
www.maersk.co.uk/maersk/cadetsch.htm |
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Marine Recruitment Co. (Crewforce Ltd), Lowestoft |
www.marine-recruitment.com |
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Marine Society list of UK cadet sponsors |
www.marine-society.org.uk/career.html |
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Seastaff International, London |
www.deltamarine.co.uk |
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Ship Safe Training Group (cadet recruitment) |
www.sstg.org |
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Spinnaker Consulting, Essex (for shore jobs) |
www.shippingjobs.com |
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The Manpower Agency, Greenhithe (Wijsmuller (UK)) |
www.wijsmulleruk.com |
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Merchant Navy uniform |
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S M Bass & Co., Hull |
www.smbass.co.uk |
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SECTION F: THE SHIP’S EMPLOYMENT |
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Market reports |
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Market reports for various shipping sectors (an excellent site) |
www.brs-paris.com/annual/index-a.html |
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Parties |
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Agents: Association of International Shipping Agents |
www.A-I-S-A.com |
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Charterers: Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF) |
www.ocimf.com/home_frset.htm |
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Freight forwarders: British International Freight Association (BIFA) |
www.bifa.org |
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Maritime lawyers: Comite Maritime International (CMI) |
www.comitemaritime.org |
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Shipbrokers & agents (USA): Federation of National Associations of Ship Brokers and Agents (FONASBA) |
www.fonasba.com |
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Shipbrokers: Baltic Exchange |
www.balticexchange.co.uk |
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Shipbrokers: Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers |
www.ics.org.uk |
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Shippers: British Shippers Council |
www.europeanshippers.com/public/Councils/Britain.htm |
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Shipbrokers |
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Barry Rogliano Salles |
www.brs-paris.com |
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BRS tanker freight rates |
www.brs-paris.com/home/sbft1/bft1-crude.html#graph0 |
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Cargobiz.com |
www.cargobiz.com |
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Charterhouse Shipbroking |
www.shipbroker.co.uk |
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Chartering Handbook (good info on shipbroking practice) |
www.shipshape.net/projects/academic/thp/chartering.html |
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Clarksons |
www.clarksons.net |
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Drewry Shipping Consultants |
www.drewry.co.uk |
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Gibson |
www.eagibson.co.uk |
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Howe Robinson |
www.shipbroking.com/home.htm |
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LevelSeas.com |
www.levelseas.com |
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Monsted Chartering |
www.monsted.com |
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NetShipbrokers |
www.netshipbrokers.com |
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Offshore Shipbrokers |
www.offshore-shipbrokers.co.uk |
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ShipBuySell.com (free online Sale & Purchase brokerage) |
www.shipbuysell.com |
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ShipDesk |
www.shipdesk.com |
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Simpson Spence and Young |
www.ssyonline.com |
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Virtual Chartering (online chartering) |
www.virtualchartering.com.sg |
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Liner agents |
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OT Africa Line |
www.otal.com |
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Vogt & Maguire |
www.vogt.co.uk/liner |
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Carriage of goods law |
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Countryman & McDaniel – good site for cargo disasters! |
www.cargolaw.com |
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Hague-Visby Rules |
www.jus.uio.no/lm/sea.carriage.hague.visby.rules.1968/doc.html |
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Hague-Visby Rules |
www.shipshape.net/projects/academic/thp/haguevisby.html |
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Hague Rules |
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Hamburg Rules |
www.shipshape.net/library/hamburgrules.html |
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Lex Mercatoria (everything on carriage of goods law!) |
www.jus.uio.no/lm/index.html |
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Shipping trades |
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Container shipping sites (good links) |
www.containershipping.com |
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Container alliances |
www.sct.uk.com |
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Cruise shipping sites |
www.cruise-community.com |
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Cruise Lines International Association |
www.cruising.org |
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Reefer shipping sites |
www.seatradereefer.com |
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TimberWeb.com (global timber market) |
www.timberweb.co.uk |
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SECTION G: MARINE INSURANCE AND GENERAL AVERAGE |
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Marine insurance |
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Cargo insurance law (Lex Mercatoria) |
www.jus.uio.no/lm/toc/x.00-insurance.html#Cargo |
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Central Union of Marine Underwriters (CEFOR) |
www.cefor.no/intro.htm |
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Healy & Baillie – Legal and Maritime Links – P & I and Insurance Resources |
www.healy.com/index.htm |
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International Association of Producers of Insurance and Reinsurance (BIPAR) |
www.biiba.org.uk |
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International Underwriting Association |
www.iua.co.uk |
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International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) |
www.iumi.com |
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Lloyd’s |
www.lloyds.com |
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Lloyd’s Agency and Salvage |
www.lloydsoflondon.co.uk/homepages/agencysalvage_hp.htm |
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Lloyd’s brokers (directory) |
http://lloyds.brokerview.co.uk |
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Marine Insurance Act 1906 (text) |
www.jus.uio.no/lm/england.marine.insurance.act.1906/doc.html |
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Marine Insurance Megasite (numerous links) |
www.sowest.net/users/jthomp1/index.html |
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P&I clubs |
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American Steamship Owners Mutual P&I Association |
www.american-club.com |
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Assuranceforeningen Gard (Gjensidig) |
www.gard.no |
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Assuranceforeningen Skuld (Gjensidig) |
www.skuld.com |
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France P&I |
www.francepandi.fr |
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London Steam-Ship Owners' Mutual Insurance Association |
www.lsso.com |
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North of England P&I Association |
www.nepia.com |
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Standard Steamship Owners' P&I Association |
www.standard-club.com |
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Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association |
www.ssmua.com |
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Swedish Club |
www.swedishclub.com |
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UK P&I Club |
www.ukpandi.com |
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Loss adjusters |
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Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters |
www.cila.co.uk |
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Marine Insurance Megasite claims section |
www.sowest.net/users/jthomp1/claims.htm |
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Richards Hogg Lindley |
www.richards.co.uk |
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General Average |
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York-Antwerp Rules 1994 (text) |
www.jus.uio.no/lm/cmi.york.antwerp.rules.1994/doc.html |
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SECTION H: AT SEA |
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Emergencies, GMDSS and search and rescue |
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Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) |
www.navcen.uscg.mil |
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INMARSAT |
www.inmarsat.org |
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Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) |
www.lifeboats.org.uk/Home.asp |
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Shipping emergencies - Search and Rescue and the GMDSS (Focus on IMO paper) |
www.imo.org/imo/focus/gmdss/gmdstart.htm
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Marine accidents |
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AMSA list of flag state organisations responsible for shipping casualties |
www.amsa.gov.au/imo/public/compauth-casualty.html |
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International Marine Accident Reporting Scheme (MARS) |
www.nautinst.org/marineac.html |
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Marine Accident Investigators International Forum |
www.maiif.net |
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US Coast Guard casualty Reports |
www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/moa/casua.htm |
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Pollution |
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Briggs Marine (oil spill response specialists) |
www.briggsmarine.com |
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British Oil Spill Control Association (BOSCA) |
www.bmec.org.uk/bosintro.htm |
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International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds |
www.iopcfund.org |
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ITOPF summary of oil spill response arrangements and resources |
www.itopf.com |
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Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF) |
www.ocimf.com |
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Oil Pollution Act 1990 (OPA 90) |
www.cutter.com/osir/osirfact.htm#majprov |
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Oil Pollution Act 1990 (OPA 90) – text of Act |
www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/nmc/response/opawordp.pdf |
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Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) |
www.oilspillresponse.com |
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OPA 90 – US Government report on double-hull tanker legislation |
www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/tanker |
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Sea Empress Oil Spill (University of Wales School of Biological Sciences) |
www.swan.ac.uk/biosci/empress/empress.htm |
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Salvage |
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Bugsier, Germany |
www.bugsier.de |
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Cory Towage, UK |
www.marine-salvage.com/companypages/cory.htm |
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Howard Smith Salvage Ltd, UK |
www.marine-salvage.com/companypages/hsmith.htm |
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International Salvage Union (ISU) |
www.marine-salvage.com |
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Lloyd’s Agency Salvage Arbitration Branch |
www.lloydsoflondon.co.uk/homepages/agencysalvage_hp.htm |
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Lloyd’s Open Form (downloadable) |
www.lloyds.com/entrypoints/laf_index.htm |
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Orkney Towage, UK |
www.marine-salvage.com/companypages/orkney.htm |
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Semco, Singapore |
www.semco.com.sg |
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Smit Pentow, South Africa |
www.smitpentow.com |
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Smit Tak BV, Netherlands |
www.smit-tak.com |
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Tsavirlis Group, Greece |
www.tsavlirisgroup.com |
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Wijsmuller Salvage, Netherlands |
www.wijsmuller.nl/about/salvage.htm |
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World Salvage Directory (ISU links) |
www.marine-salvage.com/wsd_int.htm |
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SECTION I: IN PORT |
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Agents |
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Cory Brothers Shipping |
www.cory.co.uk/agency.html |
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Denholm Shipping Services |
www.denholm-shipping.co.uk |
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Shipping & port agents (a huge database) |
www.timberweb.co.uk/tango/Cards/busclass.taf?function=cont&letter=G&class=Shipping%20%26%20Port%20Agents&code |
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Bunkers |
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Bunkerworld.com |
www.bunkerworld.com |
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Customs & Excise (UK) |
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HM Customs & Excise |
www.hmce.gov.uk |
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Miscellaneous port sites |
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British Ports Association |
www.compass-publications.co.uk/bpa |
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British Ports Industry Training (BPIT) |
www.bpit.co.uk |
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Chartered Institute of Transport |
www.citrans.org.uk |
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Institute of Logistics and Transport |
www.iolt.org.uk |
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International Association of Ports and Harbours |
www.iaph.or.jp |
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Port Marine Safety Code |
www.shipping.detr.gov.uk/pmsc/index.htm |
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Ports links: Ken Olsen’s links |
www.nee.gr/htm/Links.htm#Ports |
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Review of the arrangements for harbour pilotage under the Pilotage Act 1987 |
www.shipping.detr.gov.uk/pilotage/index.htm |
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Ships in port (listed) |
www.portship.com/shipsin.htm |
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Port State Control |
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AMSA list of flag state organisations responsible for port state control |
www.amsa.gov.au/imo/public/compauth-psc.html |
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Paris Memorandum Secretariat |
www.parismou.org |
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Paris MOU on Port State Control regime (Europe & Canada) |
www.parismou.org |
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Tokyo MOU on Port State Control regime (Asia-Pacific) |
www.iijnet.or.jp/tokyomou |
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US Coast Guard Port State Control (USA) |
http://psix.uscg.mil |
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US Coast Guard Port State Information Exchange |
http://psix.uscg.mil/Default.asp |
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USCG Port State Control Home Page |
www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/psc/psc.htm |
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Viña del Mar Agreement on Port State Control (S. America) |
www.acuerdolatino.int.ar |
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Surveys and investigations |
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Cargo Survey Network (UK ports) |
www.cargosurveyors.co.uk |
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International Maritime Bureau (IMB) |
www.iccwbo.org/ccs/menu_imb_bureau.asp |
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Marine Insurance Megasite surveyors section |
www.sowest.net/users/jthomp1/surveyors.htm |
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Salvage Association |
www.wreckage.org |
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SIRE Ship Inspection Report Programme |
www.ocimf.com/home_frset.htm |
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UK ports and port operators |
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Aberdeen |
www.aberdeen-harbour.co.uk |
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Associated British Ports |
www.abports.co.uk |
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Ayr |
www.abports.co.uk/ayr |
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Barrow |
www.abports.co.uk/barrow |
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Barry |
www.abports.co.uk/barry |
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Belfast |
www.belfast-harbour.co.uk |
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Cardiff |
www.abports.co.uk/cardiff |
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Colchester |
www.abports.co.uk/colchester |
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Dover |
www.doverport.co.uk |
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Dundee |
www.forthports.co.uk/ports/dundee/index.htm |
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Falmouth |
www.tamlyn-shipping.co.uk/direc.htm |
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Felixstowe |
www.hph.com.hk/pfl/index.asp |
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Fleetwood |
www.abports.co.uk/fleetwood |
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Forth Ports (Leith, Grangemouth, Burntisland, Granton, Methil) |
www.forthports.co.uk |
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Garston |
www.abports.co.uk/garston |
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Glasgow and Clyde ports |
www.clydeport.co.uk |
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Goole |
www.abports.co.uk/goole |
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Grangemouth |
www.forthports.co.uk/ports/grangemouth/index.htm |
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Great Yarmouth |
www.greatyarmouth.com |
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Grimsby |
www.abports.co.uk/grimsby |
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Heysham |
www.heysham.com |
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Hull |
www.abports.co.uk/hull |
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Immingham |
www.abports.co.uk/immingham |
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Ipswich |
www.abports.co.uk/ipswich |
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King’s Lynn |
www.abports.co.uk/kingslynn |
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Larne |
www.portoflarne.co.uk |
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Leith & Granton |
www.forthports.co.uk/ports/leith/index.htm |
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Liverpool |
www.portofliverpool.co.uk |
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London |
www.portoflondon.co.uk/javascr.htm |
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Lowestoft |
www.abports.co.uk/lowestoft |
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Milford Haven |
www.cruise-ports.com/Marine-Milford.htm |
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Newport |
www.abports.co.uk/newport |
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P&O Ports |
www.poports.com.au |
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Penzance |
www.netpz.co.uk/penzance-harbour/navigate.htm |
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Plymouth |
www.abports.co.uk/plymouth |
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Port Talbot |
www.abports.co.uk/porttalbot |
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Rosyth |
www.forthports.co.uk/ports/rosyth/index.htm |
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Silloth |
www.abports.co.uk/silloth |
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Southampton |
www.abports.co.uk/southampton/index.htm |
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Southampton Container Terminal |
www.sct.uk.com |
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Sullom Voe |
www.sullom-voe.com |
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Teignmouth |
www.abports.co.uk/teignmouth |
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Tilbury |
www.forthports.co.uk/ports/tilbury/index.htm |
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Troon |
www.abports.co.uk/troon |
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Whitby |
www.abports.co.uk/whitby |
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World ports |
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Dubai Ports Authority (with jobs vacancy page) |
www.dpa.co.ae |
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Hong Kong |
www.info.gov.hk/mardep/home.htm |
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Miami |
www.metro-dade.com/portofmiami |
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Rotterdam |
www.port.rotterdam.nl |
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Singapore |
www.singaporeport.com |
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World Ports database (search by country or port name) |
www.world-ports.com |
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SECTION J: MISCELLANEOUS SITES OF INTEREST |
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General maritime links |
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Miscellaneous maritime links |
www.routesinternational.com/ships.htm#general |
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National Maritime Museum links page |
www.port.nmm.ac.uk |
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Maritime glossaries |
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Marine Transport Corporation (tanker company) |
www.mtlx.com/glossary.html |
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Professor Tetley’s |
www.admiraltylaw.com/tetley/Glosind.htm |
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Shipbroking terms |
www.shipbrokering.com/shippingterm3.html |
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Shipping abbreviations |
www.shipbrokering.com/shippingterm.html |
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US Marine Administration Glossary of Shipping Terms |
www.marad.dot.gov/Glossary.html |
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Merchant Navy |
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The Red Duster (MN enthusiast’s site with very good info about some of the ‘great’ British companies) |
http://fp.redduster.f9.co.uk |
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Merchantnavy.com (lots of links) |
www.merchantnavy.com |
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Miscellaneous sites of interest |
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Centre for Marine and Petroleum Technology |
www.cmpt.co.uk |
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Monsted Chartering links (interesting for brokers & operators) |
www.monsted.com/other.htm |
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Navies of the world – databases of warships |
www.hazegray.org/worldnav |
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Offshore projects in North Sea, with contractor links |
www.offshore-technology.com/projects/index.html |
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Precious Associates (maritime consultants) |
www.preciousassociates.ltd.uk |
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Scott Polar Research Institute (University of Cambridge) |
www.spri.cam.ac.uk |
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Nautical book shops |
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Kelvin Hughes |
www.kelvinhughes.co.uk |
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Maritime resources for mariners (American site) |
www.maritimeusa.com |
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Warsash Nautical Books |
www.nauticalbooks.co.uk |
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Sea survival (see also Ship’s Equipment in Section D) |
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Poon Lim (sea survival record holder – 133 days adrift) |
www.geocities.com:0080/Heartland/Ridge/1747/survival.htm |
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Equipped to Survive (survival publications and videos) |
www.equipped.org/books.htm |
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Ship canals |
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Kiel Canal (United Canal Agency) |
www.kiel-canal.de |
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Panama Canal |
www.pancanal.com |
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Suez Canal (transit information & instructions) |
www.rafimar.com/suez_canal.html |
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Ship enthusiasts’ sites |
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American warship photos |
www.hazegray.org/features |
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Maritime museum links |
www.routesinternational.com/cruise.htm |
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National Maritime Museum |
www.nmm.ac.uk |
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Shiplover’s page (good photos and links) |
http://nemo.unh.edu/aqualung/ships.htm |
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Ship photographs |
www.ships.cwc.net |
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Ship photographs by Don Burgess |
www.madasafish.com/~donaldb |
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World Ship Society |
www.cronab.demon.co.uk/wss.htm |
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Shipping journals and news agencies |
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Classic Fast Ferries |
http://classicfast-f.homepage.dk |
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Fairplay |
www.fairplay.co.uk |
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Fast Ferry International |
www.fastferry.co.uk |
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Hazardous Cargo Bulletin (for chemical and gas tankers, DGs, etc., with links to chemical & gas tanker owners) |
www.hazardouscargo.com |
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LLP (for Lloyd’s List, etc.) |
www.llplimited.com/llisthme.shtml |
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Marine Log |
www.marinelog.com |
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Seatrade Web Newsfront |
www.seatrade-global.com |
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Shipping Times of Singapore |
http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/shippingtimes |
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Tradewinds |
www.tradewinds.no |
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Shipping statistics |
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European Union: Transport in Figures (transport data for the Member States) |
http://europa.eu.int/en/comm/dg07 |
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OECD – Shipping Transport Statistics |
www.oecd.org/dsti/sti/transpor/sea/index.htm |
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UNCTAD Review of Maritime Transport (1999) – Statistics |
www.unctad.org/en/pub/ps1rmt99.htm |
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Webcams showing shipping activity |
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CargoLaw transport cams index |
www.cargolaw.com/cameras.html#camindex |
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French directory of world cams |
www.comfm.fr/webcam |
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Panama Canal – Miraflores Locks live cam |
www.pancanal.com/eng/photo/camera-java.html |
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Rotterdam – Botlek Traffic Centre live cam (control it yourself) |
www.port.rotterdam.nl/webcam/wcvcb/index.html |
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Tommy’s list of live webcams |
http://chili.rt66.com/ozone/cam.htm |