PUBLICATIONS

01. What are the publications should be carried by all sea going vessel?
1. International code of signal.
2. The mariner’s hand book.
3. IAMSAR VOL-3.
4. Navigational charts & Chart Catalogue.
5. Ocean passage for the world.
6. Admiralty Sailing Directions (Pilot Book).
7. Admiralty list of lights and fog signals.
8. Admiralty tide tables.
9. Admiralty list of radio signals.
10. Tidal steam atlas.
11. Notices to mariners (weekly).
12. Nautical tables
13. Nautical Almanac
14. IMDG Code
15. Annual summary of Notices to mariners
16. Operating & Maintenance instructions for NAV AID.
17. Code of safe working practice for merchant seaman.
18. Bridge procedure guide.

02. Admiralty Chart Catalogue: NP 131

 Published by UKHO, yearly.
 Gives the date of publication, date of current edition, coverage of area of a publication.
 Diagrammatic index of coverage and titles of various charts & publications.
 Gives the contact details of agents from whom can obtain, with price list.
 PART -01: Introduction
 Admiralty chart and publication
 Contents
 Limit of adm. Chart index
 Authorized chart agents /distributor
 PART -02: Digital Nautical products
 PART-03: Nautical Charts
 Planning chart
 General chart of the ocean
 Index of chart
 Chart folios
 PART -04: Thematic charts
 Routing chart
 Routing guides
 Gnomonic charts
 Instructional charts
 Hydrographic symbols
 Astronomical charts

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 Meteorological charts
 Magnetic variation charts
 Territorial sea , baseline charts
 Tidal charts
 Plotting diagram & sheets
 PART -05: List of navigational publications
 ASD
 ALL
 ALRS
 ATT
 PART -06: Related Admiralty Publications
 Mariners hand book
 Ocean passage for the world
 Admiralty distance table
 Astronomical publications
 PART -07: Foreign hydrographic offices
 PART-08: Advertisers
 PART-09: Numerical Index.

03. The Mariner’s Hand Book: NP 100

 CHAPTER -01: The UKHO, Surveying & Charting.
 CHAPTER -02: Admiralty charts
 CHAPTER -03: Admiralty Publications.
 CHAPTER -04:Promulgation of information by and rendering of information to the UKHO
 CHAPTER -05: The sea
 CHAPTER -06: ICE
 CHAPTER -07: Meteorology
 CHAPTER -08: International organizations
 CHAPTER -09: Constraints on Navigation
 CHAPTER -10: Maritime pollution & conservation (MARPOL).
 CHAPTER -11: Navigation and aids to navigation.
 CHAPTER-12: Military operations
 CHAPTER-13: Commercial Operations.

 Annex A: Requirements for the carriage of charts and publications.

 Annex B: The International Rules for preventing collisions at sea.
 Annex C: IALA maritime buoyage system.
 Annex D: Flags and ensigns of maritime nations.

o Glossary: Terms used on admiralty charts and in associated publications.

o ICE glossary: Terms commonly used in an ice environment.
o Conversion tables for temperature, pressure, distance & depth.

04. SHIP’S ROUTEING:

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The purpose of ship’s routing

 The safety of navigation (specially in TSS)

 Reduce risk of collision
 Cleanliness of sea.

Contents of ship’s routing

 PART A: General, Design criteria & symbols

 PART B: Traffic Separation Scheme(TSS)
 PART C: Deep water routes
 PART D: Area to be avoided
 PART E: Others routing measures
 PART F: Associated rules & recommendations on navigation
 PART G: Mandatory ship’s reporting & routing system, no anchoring area.
 PART H: Archipelagic sea lanes.

05. IAMSAR:
International Aeronautical and Maritime Search And Rescue

 Vol-1: Organization and management

 Vol-2: Mission co-ordination
 Vol-3: Mobile facilities
 Overview.
 Rendering assistance.
 On-scene Co-ordination.
 On board emergency.

06. Routing chart:

 Routing charts are published for N & S Atlantic, Indian, and N & S Pacific Oceans.
 12 versions, one for each month.
 Assist to plan an ocean passage for any time of the year.
Provided information:
1. Outline of surrounding lands and position of major ports.
2. Recognized shipping routes and distance.
3. Wind speed & direction, incidence of low visibility & frequency of storms.
4. Sea & air temperature, air pressure & ice limit.
5. Data on ocean currents.
6. Limit of load line zones & location of ocean weather ships.

07. Routing Guide:

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Pilot boarding station & certain vessel traffic service information shown diagrammatically in routing guide chart.

1. 5500 >English Channel & southern North Sea.

2. 5501>Gulf of Suez
3. 5502>Malacca & Singapore State.

08. Admiralty Sailing Direction (ASD):

 Admiralty sailing directions are published in 74 volumes, providing the world-wide coverage.
 Known as Pilot Book & complementary of charts.
 Provided valuable information such as-general information about any area, knowledge of local regulations,
navigational hazards, climatic conditions, anchorage, port facilities, harbor approaches etc.
 Diagrammatic key showing boundaries of geographical areas covered by different volumes, which found in
Admiralty Chart Catalogue.
 Update: Notices to mariners (weekly) section-IV.
 New Edition:
 ASD are updated by a process of Continuous Revision.
 Republished 3 yearly (appx) intervals.
 Some volume (indicated in chart catalogue) republished 5 yearly (appx) intervals.
 Each successive publication supersedes the previous one.
 To determine the current edition of ASD / new edition of supplement/publication date of new edition, see
 Annual Notices to Mariners Part-2(Amendments to sailing direction).
 Catalogue of admiralty chart & publications.
 Cumulative list of admiralty notices to mariners.
 Notices to mariner (weekly)-section 1B (quarterly).
 Correction procedure:
 The amendments are cut out and pasted into the parent book.
 Or can keep amendments in a separate file and annotate the text of the book in the margin to
indicate the existence of an amendment.
 Later one is more preferred where volumes which have supplements or significant numbers of
amendments, sometime overlapping, may make the cut-and-paste method unwieldy & confusing.
 To correct 5 years old ASD:
 One supplement (for 3 year),
 Annual notice to mariner (for 1 year) &
 For current year cumulative notice & weekly notice (latest).

09. Ocean Passage for the World(OPW): NP-136

 Published by UKHO, for planning an ocean passage.
 Provides a commonly used route with distances between principal ports & important positions.
 Contains details of weather, currents & ice hazards, linked with ASD.
 Provides the information on load line rules.
 Weather routing information.
 Provide recommended routes for full-powered vessels, low-powered vessel and sailing vessels.
 Update: Notices to Mariners (weekly)-Section –IV.

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 Two parts:
 Part-1: Power driven vessel.(1-8).
 Part-2: Sailing vessel.(9-11).

10. Admiralty Distance Tables (ADT): NP-350

There are 3 volumes

 Volume -1: Atlantic Ocean & connected seas.

 Volume-2: indian Ocean & connected seas.
 Volume-3: pacific Ocean & connected seas.

11. Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals (ALL):

 Contains 12 volumes (A-M), providing world-wide coverage.
 Contains the latest known details of lights, light structures, light vessels, light floats, LANBYs & fog signals.
 Correction: Notices to mariners (weekly).Section-V.
 A new edition of each volume is published annually.
 Light buoys of height 8 m and greater may also be listed.
 Contents:
 A Geographical Range Table for determining Dipping distances.
 A Luminous Range Table for obtaining the range at which a light can be seen allowing for its power
and the prevailing visibility.
 Equivalent foreign language light descriptions.
 International numbers.
 Characteristics of lights.
 Light elevation and structure heights in meters.
 Range of lights.
 Description of structure.
 World map on the cover showing the limit of each vol.

12. Admiralty List of Radio Signals (ALRS):NP-281-286

 Six volumes, a new edition published annually, except vol-4(published after 18 month).
 Volume -01: Maritime Radio Station (2 parts).
 Global maritime communication services.
 Maritime radio stations.
 Medical advices by radio.
 Arrangements for quarantine reports.
 Locust reports & pollution reports
 Maritime satellite services
 Piracy & armed robbery reports.
 Regulations for the use of radio in territorial waters.
 Extract from the international radio regulations.
 Volume -02: Radio aids to Navigation, Satellite Navigation System, Legal Time, Radio time signals &
Electronic positioning system.

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 VHF Radio direction finding stations

 Radar beacons (RACONS & REMARKS).
 Automatic Identification System (AIS).
 Satellite Navigation System (including a listing of radio beacons world-wide that transmit DGPS
corrections).
 Legal time
 Radio time signals
 Electronic position fixing system
 LORAN-C
 Volume-03: Maritime Safety Information Services.(2 Parts).
 Radio facsimile broadcasts
 Radio weather services
 Radio Navigational warnings (including NAVTEX & WWNWS).
 GUNFACTS & SUBFACTS broadcasts.
 Global maritime meteorological services.
 Certain meteorological codes provided for the use of shipping.
 Volume-04: List of meteorological Observation Stations.
 Volume-05: Global Maritime Distress and Safety System.
 Volume-06: Pilot services, Vessel traffic services & port operations (part -7).
 Correction: Admiralty Notices to Mariners Section-VI.

13. Admiralty Tide Tables (ATT):NP-201-204

 Published in four volumes:
 Volume -01: United Kingdom & Ireland
 Volume -02: Europe, Mediterranean sea & Atlantic Ocean.
 Volume-03: Indian Ocean & South China Sea.
 Volume -04: Pacific Ocean.
 Each volume divided into three parts:
 Part-1: Daily prediction of time of High & Low water for Standard ports.
 Part-2: Data for Secondary ports.
 Part-3: Principle of Simple Harmonic constant.
 Published annually.
 Latest additions & any amendments are published in Annual Summary of Admiralty Notices to Mariners.
 Corrections comes in Notices to mariner Section-VII(amendment to miscellaneous products).

14. Tidal Stream Atlases (TSA):

Provides the tidal prediction for every hour including rate & directions of the springs & neaps for each of the 6 hrs
before & after of high water for the particular place.

 South East Asia (including Malacca Straits): 11atlas+3 extra atlases.

 NW Europe: 22 atlases.

15. Guide to Port Entry:

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 Two volumes covering entire world regarding various aspects of ports.

 Information are thoroughly professionals which helps masters, Charterers, Owners & various parties
connected with shipping.
 Descriptions of port given in a systematic way.
 Yellow pages giving plans & mooring diagrams of various ports.
 Contents:
 Port limit
 Documents
 Pilotage
 Health
 Police & Ambulance
 Services
 Emergency
 Banks
 Currency
 Seaman clubs
 Developments
 Ships master’s report
 Authority & Quarantine Agents.

16. Nautical Almanac:

 Altitude corrections for sun, star & planets.
 Phase of moon.
 Calendars.
 Eclipse.
 Daily Note:
 Ephemerides of Sun, Moon, Aries & planets.
 Sunrise, Moonrise, Sunset & Moonset with twilight.
 Star charts
 Polaris table
 Sight reduction table
 Increment table
 Table for interpolation
 Altitude corrections for moon.

17. Nories Nautical Table:

 Computation tables
 Tables for use in celestial navigation
 Tables for use in coastal navigation
 Conversion & Physical tables
 Ports of the world
 Suns /stars total corrections.

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18. Code of Safe Working Practice for Merchant Seaman(COSWOP):

 Objectives:
 To establish and maintain safe working conditions onboard ships at sea & at port.
 Designed to reduce the number of accidents.
 There are 5 sections & 33 chapters.
 Contents :
 Section-1: Safety responsibilities/Shipboard Management.
 Section-2: Personal Health & Safety
 Section-3: Work Activities.
 Section-4: Specialist ships.
 Section-5: Appendixes.

19. Bridge Prosedure Guide:

 Published by International Chamber of shipping.
 Total 3 parts:
 Part -1: Guidance to Master & Navigational officers.
 Part-2: Bridge Check lists.
 Part-3: Emergency check lists.
 Details contents:
 Part -1: Guidance to Master & Navigational officers.
 Bridge organization
1. General overview
2. Passage plan
3. Duties of the officer of the watch
4. Operational & maintenance of Nav. Equipments
 Annexes:
1. Ship to shore, master/pilot exchange.
2. Shore to ship, pilot/master exchange.
3. Pilot card.
4. Wheel house poster.
5. Required boarding arrangement for pilot.
6. Distress alert & frequencies to use.
7. Guidance to steering gear test routines.
 Part-2: Bridge Check lists.
 Part-3: Emergency check lists.

20. Merchant Shipping Notice: (MSN)

 Provides essential information for safety of merchant ship and seaman.
 Guidance to surveyors, marine super, master, ship builders, classification societies for inspection,
maintenance and operation of ship.
 The notices are to be corrected & updated or new notices are issued in form of supplement.
 Issued by British Government.

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21.MARPOL :
The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, was adopted by the International Conference on
Marine Pollution convened by IMO from 8 October to 2 November 1973.
 Annex I – Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Oil.
 Annex II – Regulations for the Control of Pollution by Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk.
 Annex III – Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Harmful Substances Carried by Sea in Packaged Form.
 Annex IV – Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Sewage from Ships,
 Annex V – Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships.
 Annex VI – Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships.

COMTENTS:

 Protocols
 Chapter I – General
 Chapter II – Requirements for control of operational pollution
 Chapter III – Requirements for minimizing oil pollution from oil tankers due to side and bottom damages
 Chapter IV – Prevention of pollution arising from an oil pollution incident

22. SOLAS:
 The International Convention for the safety of life at sea (SOLAS), 1974, currently in force was adopted
on 1st November, 1974 by the International Conference on Safety of Life at Sea, which was convened by
the International Maritime Organization(IMO), entered into force on 25th May, 1980.
 Contents:
 Part-01:
 Chapter-I: General Convention
 Chapter-II-1: Construction –Structure, Subdivision & stability, machinery & electrical installation.
 Chapter-II-2: Construction-Fire protection, Fire detection & Fire extinction.
 Chapter-III: Life-saving appliances & arrangements.
 Chapter-IV: Radio communications
 Chapter-V:Safety of Navigation
 Chapter-VI: Carriage of cargo
 Chapter-VII: Carriage of dangerous goods
 Chapter-VIII: Nuclear Ship
 Chapter-IX: Management for the safe operation of the ship.
 Chapter-X: Safety measures for the high speed craft.
 Chapter-XI: Special measures to enhance maritime safety.
 Chapter-XII: Additional safety measures for the bulk carriers
 Appendix: Certificates.
 Part-2:
 Annex-1: Global & uniform implementation of the harmonized system of survey & certification.
 Annex-2: Certificates & Documents required to be carried on board ships.
 Annex-3: List of Resolutions.

23. SOLAS Trining manual:

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1. Donning of Lifejackets and immersion suits & anti-exposure suit.

2. Muster station & muster list.
3. Boarding , launching and clearing the survival craft and rescue boat
4. Method of launching appliances
5. Release from launching appliances
6. Methods and use of devices for protection in launching areas
7. Illumination in launching areas
8. Use of all survival equipment
9. Use of all detection equipment
10. With the assistance of illustrations , the use of radio life-saving appliances
11. Use of drogues
12. Use of engine and accessories
13. Recovery of survival craft and rescue boats including stowage & securing.
14. Hazards of exposure and the need for warm clothing
15. Best use of the survival craft & Facilities in order to survive.
16. Method of retrieval , including the use of helicopter rescue Gear ( Slings , baskets , stretchers ) ,
breeches-buoy and shore life-saving apparatus and ship’s line-throwing apparatus
17. All other functions contained in the muster list sand emergency instructions.
18. Instructions for emergency repair of the life-saving appliances.
23.IMDG CODE :
 The purpose of this code is to facilitate safe transport of dangerous goods and at the same time to allow for
their unrestricted movement.
 This code is there to comply with SOLAS CH-7, PART-8 and MARPOL ANNEX-III.
 The code has 2 volumes and 1 supplement.
 VOLUME 1: (consists of part 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7)
 Part -1: General provision, definition & training.
 Part-2: Classification.
 Part -4: Packaging & Tank provision.
 Part-5: Consignment procedure.
 Part-6: Construction & Testing of packaging, intermediate bulk containers, large packaging, Portable
tank & road tank vehicles.
 Part-7: Requirement concerning transport operations.
 VOLUME 2: CONSISTS OF PART 3
 3.1 -General
 3.2 -Dangerous goods list(total 18 columns)
 U.N. No.
 Proper shipping name
 Class
 EmS etc.
 3.3 -Special provisions
 3.4 -Limited quantities
 SUPPLEMENT:

 EMERGENCY PROCEDURES (ems)

 Medical first aid guide,
 Reporting procedures,
 Packing cargo transport unit,

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 Use of pesticides on ship,

 INF CODE
 CLASSIFICATION:
 Class-1: Explosive
 Class-2:Gases
 Class-3: Flammable Liquid
 Class-4: Flammable Solids & Substances
 Class-4.1:Flamable Solids
 Class-4.2:Substance Liable to Spontaneous combustion
 Class-4.3:Substance which in contact with water emit flammable gases
 Class-5:Oxidising substance
 Class-5.1: Oxidizing Substance
 Class-5.2: Organic Peroxide
 Class-6: Toxic & Infectionous substance
 Class-6.1:Toxic Substance
 Class-6.2: Infectious Substance
 Class-7: Radio Active Material.
 Class-8: Corrosive Substance.
 Class-9: Miscellaneous Dangerous Substance.
 Class-10: Dangerous chemicals in limited quantity.

22. IMSBC CODE :

International Solid Bulk Cargo Code

1. General provision.
2. Safety of person & ship.
3. Consignment procedure.
4. Trimming procedure.
5. Method of Determining Angle of Repose.
6. Cargo that may liquefy.
7. Test procedure of liquefy.
8. Material possessing chemical hazard.
9. Carriage of solid west in bulk.
10. Securing provision.
11. Stowage factor conversion table.
12. Reference to related information & recommendation.

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