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Maritime Links

Below we have provided a few links of which we hope you will find useful.


Sales Agents

Nautical Training Systems Inc
www.ntsi.co.jp


Marine Information Limited

Spectral Technologies Inc.

Maritime Coast Guards, Ports, and Port State Control

Maritime and Coastguard Agency
www.mcga.gov.uk


Paris MOU
The Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control
Paris MOU



Latin American port state control
Vina del Mar Agreement

Port state control in the Asia/Pacific region
Tokyo MOU

Canadian Coast Guard

Chilean Maritime Administration

U.S. Coast Guard
www.uscg.mil/

Australian Maritime Safety Authority -- they conduct port state control in Australia.
AMSA Online

Excellent maritime site with info on port condition, the shipping register and news.
Hong Kong Marine Department

Information about ports of the world
portfocus.com

Maritime Associations

ICS and ISF - The voice of international merchant shipping
Website of the 'International Chamber of Shipping' and the 'International Shipping Federation'

Inter Manager logo

International Ship Manager's Association (ISMA)
www.intermanager.org

Society of International Gas Carriers & Terminal Operators (SIGTTO) www.sigtto.org

The Netherlands' Shipbuilding Industry Association
www.vnsi.nl

Spark International (maritime claims consultants)
www.sparkinternational.com

Baltic Exchange
www.balticexchange.com

BIMCO
www.bimco.dk/

Canadian Shipowners' Association

Council of Europe
www.coe.int

European Group of Institutes of Navigation

GlobalMET - Global Maritime & Education Training Association

Aims to promote, develop and support the common interests of its members in all matters concerning maritime education and training institutions.


www.nlr.nl/nin/

Propeller Club - Port of Manila
www.propellermanila.org/

The Society of Maritime Industries
The Society of Maritime Industries web portal provides information on marine equipment for all types of commercial and naval ships, ports, offshore oil and gas facilities and pollution prevention, control and clean-up. Also services such as port design, oil spill contractors, engineering and consulting.

Their constituent associations are:
British Naval Equipment Association (BNEA)
British Oil Spill Control Association (BOSCA)
Association of British Offshore Industries (ABOI)
Ports and Terminals Group (PTG)

Links to their website for the SMI and affiliated organisations are:

European Union

Hazardous Materials Advisory Council (HMAC)
www.hmac.org/

Helsinki Commission (HELCOM) - Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission
www.helcom.fi

 

The Nautical Institute logo
The Nautical Institute
www.nautinst.org

 

The Marine Society
www.marine-society.org.uk

Trade Unions

US Seafarers' union
SIU

Shipmasters' organisation
www.ifsma.org/

International Transport Workers Federation (ITF)
www.itf.org.uk

National Trade Union centre.
Rengo - [JTUC] - Japan

In Japanese...

Danish Metalworkers (includes seafarers).
Dansk Metalarbejderforbund

French national trade union federation (including transport workers).
CFDT (France)

German trade union national centre.
Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund

Norwegian Seamens' Union/Cruise Info
NSU

Spanish national trade union federation (including transport workers).
CC.OO Spain

SEKO-Sweden - transport and communications
SEKO - Facket för Service och Kommunikation

Maritime Welfare

An International Christian organisation of seafarers' missions
Mission to Seamen

MERSEY MISSION TO SEAMEN ( Merseyside and the Isle of Man) netministries.org/see/charmin/CM01395

International Committee on Seafarers' Welfare
(incorporating the International Sports Committee for Seafarers)
www.icsw.org.uk

Seamen's Church Institute of New York and New Jersey -
Centre for Seafarers' Rights
www.seamenschurch.org

Swedish Government Seafarers' Service
www.seatime.se/

Danish Seamens' Church, New York
www.users.interport.net/~dankirke/

Classification Societies

International Association of Classification Societies
www.iacs.org.uk/

China:China Classification Societies (CCS)
www.ccs.org.cn/

France : Bureau Veritas
www.bureauveritas.com

Germany : Gerrmanischer Lloyd
www.germanlloyd.de

Italy : Registro Italiano Navale
www.rina.it

Japan: Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK)
Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) Home Page

 Korea: Korean Register of Shipping
 Korean Register of Shipping

Norway: Det Norske Veritas
www.dnv.no

Poland : PRS
www.prs.gda.pl

UK : Lloyd's Register of Shipping
www.lr.org/home.html

USA : American Bureau of Shipping
www..abs-group.com/

P & I Clubs (Insurance)

Steamship Mutual logo

The Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association
www.simsl.com/ssm_internet.htm

West of England P&I Club
www.westpandi.com

UK P & I Club

The Standard club

Maritime Media / Info / General

World Maritime Day 2007 - 27th September 2007
www.worldmaritimeday.com

Maritime industry group fighting to retain US "Cabotage" -- the reservation of coastal and internal shipping to ships of the national flag (and crew).
Maritime Cabotage Task Force - Jones Act

Lots of good transport news in Italian, Spanish, French, German and English. Free!
InforMARE Transport News

US daily paper with good transport coverage.
The Journal of Commerce

Daily business paper
The Financial Times (UK)

Maritime Info. at Nantes University (France)

A website dedicated to enhancing knowledge, understanding and debate about
the International Safety Management (ISM) Code.

United Nations and other international agencies

Intergovermental UN organisation concerned with maritime safety
IMO

International Labour Organization

The World Bank Home Page

FAO of UN - WEB Home Page

United Nations

World Conservation Monitoring Center
http://www.unep-wcmc.org/

Womens' International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA) web.ukonline.co.uk/wista/wista1.htm

World Maritime University
www.wmu.se/

Institute of International Container Lessors
www.IICL.org

Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (Bremen-Germany)
www.isl.org/

International Salavage Union (ISU)
www.marine-salvage.com

International Cargo Handling Co-ordination Association (ICHCA) www.ichcainternational.co.uk/

International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
www.iccwbo.org/

International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
www.ices.dk/

International Maritime Mobile Satellite Organization (INMARSAT) www.inmarsat.com

Oil Companies International Marine Forum
www.ocimf.com