Safety and Security at Sea is concerned with the safe operation of ships
and consequently with preventing errors and oversights. This book
contributes to safety where it is most effective - right at the site of
work, on board the ship itself. It is here, indisputably, that it will
prevent accidents and save lives. It translates theory into practice
besides covering several new and current topics. This book is aimed at
every deck officer - at every rank and on all ships. The book also
attends to other manifest needs and discusses piracy, stowaways,
management of crew on board and several other new and current topics in
the interest of safety.All deck officers will find, when preparing for
professional examinations, that the area which the oral section of these
examinations at any level (Class One, Two or Three) cover - safety - is
the one in which this book specialises. It will be an invaluable aid in
passing these exams. By discussing essential details in every part of a
voyage, parts that form different subjects in the theoretical section,
it becomes an excellent reference book for them. In addition, it will
also asist the staff of shipping companies in compiling ship operation
manuals.This book includes the advice of various notices from the Marine
Safety Agency and of guidelines from the International Maritime
Organisation. It explains their requirements - International safety
management code, emergency pollution control plans and others.In order
to deal with ship board work thoroughly, this book takes an entire
voyage into account. That is the reason for the sequence of its chapters
to correspond to the progress of an actual voyage. The book begins with
a ship embarking on a voyage and, in succession, conveys its message in
a comfortable language. The last chapter leaves the reader at the
beginning of another, but a safer, voyage.A summary is included at the
end of each chapter.
