Useful links for the maritime industry

Cargo

• Cargo handbook by BMT Surveys
• Cargo Transport Information Service
• Chemical Distribution Institute – chemical shipping industry information
• Common Cargos Stowage Factor*

Education

• Health and safety on ships (UK government)
• Marine Society – education at sea
• Nautical Institute – news and education (includes Alert!, the international human element bulletin)
• Society of International Gas Tanker and Terminal Operators – advice and information
• Videotel – maritime training and education products
• Witherby – marine publications

Environmental

• International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds
• International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation
• Oil Companies International Marine Forum

General marine

• Baltic Exchange – shipping market news and information
• BIMCO (Baltic and International Maritime Council) – news and information
• Confidential Hazardous Incident Reporting Programme
• Equasis – marine company and ship database
• IHS Maritime 360 – news and information
• Intercargo – dry cargo news and advice
• Interferry – ferry news and information
• International Chamber of Shipping and International Shipping Federation – news and advice
• International Labour Organisation
• International Maritime Organisation – world marine regulatory body
• International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network – health and welfare advice and news
• International Transport Workers’ Federation
• Intertanko – tanker news and advice
• Lloyd’s Register – class, statutory and safety developments
• Marine Accident Investigation Branch (UK)
• Mission to Seafarers – seafarers’ welfare
• Seatrade Global – news and information
• World Health Organisation – worldwide health issues
• Black Sea MoU on Port State Control 
• British Chamber of Shipping 
• The Federation of National Associations of Ship Brokers and Agents -  (Fonasba)
• Hellenic Shipping News
• Indian Ocean MoU on Port State Control
• INMARSAT Plc
• International Ship Suppliers Association (ISSA)
• International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) Seafarers’ site
• Mediterranean MoU on Port State Control
• Paris MoU on Port State Control
• Tokyo MoU on Port State Control
• TradeWinds
• The International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH)

IACS and members

• International Association of Classification Societies
• American Bureau of Shipping
• Bureau Veritas
• China Classification Society
• Croatian Register of Shipping
• ClassNK – Nippon Kaiji Kyokai
• Det Norske Veritas/Germanischer Lloyd
• Indian Register of Shipping
• Korean Register of Shipping
• Lloyd’s Regiter of Shipping
• Polish Register of Shipping
• Registro Italiano Navale
• Russian Maritime Register of Shipping

 Insurance and legal

• Admiralty and Maritime Law Guide – maritime law by country
• International Salvage Union
• London Maritime Arbitrators Association
• London Shipping Law Centre
• Philippines Maritime Industry Authority – includes online certificate verification
• Society of Marine Arbitrators

Sanctions

• UK current arms embargoes and other restrictions
• UK financial sanctions, Iran (nuclear proliferation)
• UK financial sanctions, Libya
• UK financial sanctions, Syria
• UK Treasury consolidated list of financial sanctions targets
• USA sanctions programs and country Information

S ecurity and personnel

• International Commercial Crime Services – piracy, fraud, finance and counterfeiting advice and reporting
• Robmarine Shipping – stowaway information
• Marine Response – human issues – legal, technical and medical services

Service providers

• International Institute of Marine Surveying
• Lloyd’s Agents
• Lloyd’s Register Class Direct – class status and assistance with regulatory compliance
• Marine Surveyor Links – global surveyors
• National Association of Marine Surveyors – global surveyors
• Royal Institution of Naval Architects
• Society of Accredited Marine Surveyors
• UK Hydrographic Office – paper and electronic charts and publications

Weather

• Hurricane Watch
• Met Office (UK) – world weather forecasts
• National Weather Service USA – hurricane centre

Specialized Maritime Terminology

• Glossary Of Shipping Terms
• Some English Abbreviations Commonly Used In Maritime - commonly used in Fixture Note***

Port/World Maritime Administration

1. HO CHI MINH Port Authority
2. NHA TRANG Port Authority
3. QUY NHON Port Authority
4. QUANG NINH Port Authority

• LIST OF MAIN PORTS OF CHINA (VIETNAMESE PORT NAME)
• Indonesian Port Information
• World Port Source
• *Look up Vietnamese ships
• *Find out Vietnamese vessels
• *Find out Foreign Vessels
• *Vietnamese company information
• Instruction Document of Online Public Service Software in Maritime Sector Joins the National Single Window
• Vietnamese Port Clearance

Port Distance & Voy Estimates

• Port Distance
• Voyage Estimates

Oil price & Prestigious Oil supplier!

• Bunker prices & news
• Bunker infomation- around 400 ports ***

Exchange rate & General knowledge!

1. Exchange rate at Vietcomabank
2. Exchange rate free maret
3. Exchange rate free market*
4. Currency Converter
5. Measure unit conversion

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  Knowledge of social topics - on economics, accounting, culture and society
• Syllabus of the Sea Transport Management Organization***

*Black List of Marine Company

• List of Black List in Marine Business in the past
• New Blacklist -updated 8th June 2024