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This new and expanded version of the history of Wightlinks services to the Isle of Wight, compiled by John Hendy, looks at the history of the Portsmouth-Fishbourne and Lymington-Yarmouth routes, together with the introduction of the new tonnage on the Lym....

The ISM is mandatory under SOLAS for passenger ships (including high-speed craft), oil tankers, chemical tankers, gas carriers, bulk carriers and cargo high-speed craft of 5000 gross tonnage and upwards and for their cargo ships and mobile offshore drilli....

Vol 1 Organisation & Management discusses the global SAR system concept, establishment and improvement of national and regional SAR services, and co-operation with neighbouring states to provide effective and economical SAR services....

IAMSAR Vol 1 Organisation & Management discusses the global SAR system concept, establishment and improvement of national and regional SAR services, and co-operation with neighbouring states to provide effective and economical SAR services....

Jointly published by IMO and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the three-volume IAMSAR Manual provides guidelines for a common aviation and maritime approach to organizing and providing search and rescue (SAR) services....

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The latest volume of the perenially acclaimed annual maintains the well-established high standards of scholarship, research, news and reviews from the field of warship history....

The lifeboat at Spurn Head, covering the Humber, is Britain’s only full-time lifeboat, with a crew always on station....

In this eye-opening account detailing 100s of recent incidents John C Payne brings decades of experience to bear on, looking at what is being done and what more can be done, to tackle this global menace to sailors and what precautions you can take to avoi....

This is the second volume in the history, covering the war service and losses affecting the various Empresses and the rebuilding of the fleet after 1945....

By the end of the nineteenth century the British Merchant Navy had become the world's largest carrier of people, manufactured goods and raw materials, supporting the growing populations of Canada, Australia and New Zealand within the British Empire and pr....