A Guide To The Collision Avoidance Rules

Key Features

Includes the full text of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, updated in line with the December 2007 amendments to the rules.
Contains practical advice on how the regulations should be interpreted and collisions avoided, with insightful discussion of the implications of key phrases and Court interpretations.
Covers important maneuvering information, with diagrams covering stopping distances, turning circles of ships of various type and size, and a color section with examples of ships' lights.

Readership

Practising marine engineers and naval architects; Marine/shipping company managers; Ships masters, navigating officers and senior crew; Consulting marine engineers; Maritime lawyers; Coastal and port authority personnel; Nautical college students and those studying for professional marine qualifications

Table of Contents

Collisions and the Courts

History of the Collision Regulations

Part A. General

Part B. Steering and sailing rules

Part C. Lights and shapes

Part D. Sound and light signals

Part E. Exemptions

Annexes to the Rules

International convention on standards of training, certification and watchkeeping for seafarers, 1978

imo Recommendation on navigational watchkeeping

International convention on standards of training, certification and watchkeeping for seafarers, 1978, as amended

Change of bearing with change of range

Manœuvres to avoid collision

Manœuvring information

List of ships