Maritime Links
| SECTION A: MARITIME TREATY INSTRUMENTS | Treaty-making organizations | |
|---|---|---|
| International Labour Organization (ILO) | International Maritime Organization (IMO) | International Telecommunications Union (ITU) |
| United Nations | United Nations system of organisations | World Health Organization (WHO) |
| SECTION B: THE FLAG STATE | UK legislature | |
|---|---|---|
| House of Commons and Commons Select Committees | House of Lords and House of Lords Select Committees | Parliament |
| SECTION C: THE SHIPOWNER, OPERATOR AND MANAGER | Cable ship operators | |
|---|---|---|
| Global Marine Systems |
| Chemical tanker operators | ||
| Bona Shipping | Denholm Ship Management | Norbulk Shipping UK |
| Broström Tankers | Dorchester Maritime | Odfjell Tankers |
| Chemical tanker owners (links) | Jo Tankers | Stolt-Nielsen |
| Dredging companies | ||
| Boskalis | Dredging International | HAM Dredging (with dredging techniques well explained) |
| Dry bulk shipping companies | ||
| Associated Bulk Carriers (P&O Group) | Lauritzen Bulkers | Oldendorff |
| Bergesen d.y. | Gearbulk | Stena Bulk |
| Leif Hoegh | Mitsui OSK Lines | Stephenson Clarke |
| Ferry companies (mostly serving UK ports) | ||
| Brittany Ferries | Isle of Man Steam Packet | P&O Stena Line Ship |
| Buquebus | Isles of Scilly Steamship Co. | Red Funnel Line (Southampton, Isle of Wight & South of England Steam Packet Co.) |
| Caledonian MacBrayne | Merchant Ferries | Sea Containers |
| Cenargo (parent company of Merchant Ferries) | Norfolk Line | Stena Line |
| Condor Ferries | P&O European Ferries | Swansea Cork Ferries |
| Ferry company links | P&O Portsmouth | Truckline |
| Hoverspeed | P&O Irish Sea Ferries | Wightlink |
| Internet Ferry Guide (lots of links to operators worldwide) | P&O North Sea Ferries | |
| Irish Ferries | P&O Scottish Ferries |
| Gas carrier operators | ||
| Bibby Line Group (LPG carriers) | Maersk Company Shipping Division (LPG carriers) | Norwegian Gas Carriers (LPG carriers) |
| Gas carrier owners (links) | Mitsui OSK Lines (LNG carriers) | |
| Lauritzen-Kosan (LPG carriers) |
| Heavy lift ship operators | ||
| Dockwise | Jumbo Shipping | Mammoet Shipping |
| Liner shipping companies | ||
| Andrew Weir Shipping (Bank Line) | Curnow Shipping (operators of RMS 'St Helena') | Maersk-Sealand |
| APL (American President Lines) | Everard Lines (forest products liner service) | Mitsui OSK Lines |
| Canada Maritime (ice-strengthened box boats) | Evergreen | OOCL |
| Cosco (China Ocean Shipping Co.) | Maersk Company Shipping Division | P&O Nedlloyd |
| Ministry of Defence organisations operating ships | ||
| Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) | Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service (RMAS) | Royal Navy (RN) |
| Miscellaneous shipping sites | ||
| Freightworld list of shipping companies | Internet Guide to Freighter Travel | Shipping companies links pages (a huge international list) |
| Offshore vessel operators | ||
| Boskalis Offshore (dredging, pipeline & trenching services) | Maersk Company Shipping Division | Stolt Offshore |
| Caldive (DSV operator) | Maersk Supply | Surf Offshore(good OSV info/images) |
| Eidesvik Shipping | Marr Vessel Management | Swire Pacific Offshore |
| Heerema (construction and heavy lift vessels) | Offshore company links (a huge list, but few shipowners) | Tidewater Offshore |
| Reefer vessel operators | ||
| Cool Carriers | Hamburg-Sud | Lauritzen Reefers |
| Geest | Hanjin | Star Reefers |
| Reefer vessel operators | ||
| British Antarctic Survey (polar supply/research ships) | CEFAS (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture) (fisheries research ships) | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) |
| Shipowners' organizations | ||
| BIMCO | International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) | Norwegian Shipowners’ Association |
| Chamber of Shipping (UK) | International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) | Sea Safety Group |
| Hong Kong Shipowners’ Association | Intertanko (independent tanker owners' association) | UK Maritime Forum |
| Intercargo (dry bulk cargo shipowners' association) | International Shipping Federation (ISF) | United Kingdom Offshore Operators’ Association (UKOOA) |
| Ken Olsen's shipowners' organisations links |
| Short sea shipping companies | ||
| F T Everard | Lapthorn Group |
| Towage companies | ||
| Cory Towage | Smit Harbour Towage Company | Wijsmuller Harbour & Terminal Towage |
| SECTION D: THE SHIP | Design and construction | |
|---|---|---|
| Astilleros, Spain | Masa Yards, Finland | Shipbuilders and Shiprepairers Association |
| Blohm + Voss, Germany | Fincantieri, Italy | Ship Technology |
| Incat, Australia (high speed craft builder) | Ken Olsen's shipyard links (a huge list) | Superseacat |
| SECTION E: MASTER AND CREW | STCW Convention | |
|---|---|---|
| IMO Library Bibliography on STCW |
| Other institutions & organisations concerned with maritime training, education & research | ||
| Association of Marine Electronics and Radio Colleges (AMERC) | Jewel & Esk Valley College (for GMDSS courses) | North Sea Training Services (CPSCRB, FRB & EDH courses) |
| Cardiff Law School (for maritime law courses) | Lairdside Maritime Centre. Liverpool. John Moore’s University | Shipsafe Training Group |
| Cardiff University of Wales | Marine institute. Memorial Newfoundland | Southampton University Institute of Maritime Law |
| Centre for Advanced Maritime Studies (CAMS) | Marlins (English for seafarers) | Southampton University Institute of Maritime Law links |
| Centre for Crisis Psychology | Merchant Marine and Maritime (links to maritime training institutes) | The Dynamic Positioning Centre, London (for DP training) |
| HOTA (seafarer training in Hull) | Merchant Navy Training Board (MNTB) | University of Wales Department of Maritime Studies and International Transport |
| Seafarer recruitment and manning | sea farers recruitment & Manning |
| SECTION F: THE SHIP'S EMPLOYMENT | Market reports |
|---|
| Market reports for various shipping sectors (an excellent site) |
| Shipbrokers | ||
| Barry Rogliano Salles | Drewry Shipping Consultants | Offshore Shipbrokers |
| BRS tanker freight rates | SGibson | ShipBuySell.com (free online Sale & Purchase brokerage) |
| Cargobiz.com | Howe Robinson | ShipDesk |
| Charterhouse Shipbroking | LevelSeas.com | Simpson Spence and Young |
| Chartering Handbook (good info on shipbroking practice) | Monsted Chartering | Virtual Chartering (online chartering) |
| Clarksons | NetShipbrokers |
| Liner agents | |
| OT Africa Line | Vogt & Maguire |
| Carriage of goods law | ||
| Countryman & McDaniel good site for cargo disasters! | Hague-Visby Rules | Lex Mercatoria (everything on carriage of goods law!) |
| Hague-Visby Rules | Hamburg Rules |
| Shipping trades | ||
| Container shipping sites (good links) | Cruise shipping sites | Reefer shipping sites |
| Container alliances | Cruise Lines International Association | TimberWeb.com (global timber market) |
| Loss adjusters | ||
| Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters | Marine Insurance Megasite claims section | Richards Hogg Lindley |
| General Average | ||
| York-Antwerp Rules 1994 (text) |
| SECTION H: AT SEA | Emergencies, GMDSS and search and rescue | |
|---|---|---|
| Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) | Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) | Shipping emergencies - Search and Rescue and the GMDSS (Focus on IMO paper) |
| INMARSAT |
| SECTION I: IN PORT | Agents | |
|---|---|---|
| Cory Brothers Shipping | Denholm Shipping Services | Shipping & port agents (a huge database) |
| Salvage | ||
| Bunkerworld.com |
| Customs & Excise (UK) | ||
| HM Customs & Excise |
| Surveys and investigations | ||
| Cargo Survey Network (UK ports) | Marine Insurance Megasite surveyors section | SIRE Ship Inspection Report Programme |
| International Maritime Bureau (IMB) | Salvage Association |
| World ports | ||
| Dubai Ports Authority (with jobs vacancy page) | Miami | Singapore |
| Hong Kong | Rotterdam | World Ports database (search by country or port name) |
| Maritime glossaries | ||
| Marine Transport Corporation (tanker company) | Shipbroking terms | US Marine Administration Glossary of Shipping Terms |
| Professor Tetley's | Shipping abbreviations |
| Merchant Navy | ||
| The Red Duster (MN enthusiast’s site with very good info about some of the ‘great’ British companies) | Merchantnavy.com (lots of links) |
| Nautical book shops | ||
| Kelvin Hughes | Maritime resources for mariners (American site) | Warsash Nautical Books |
| Sea survival(see also Ship's Equipment in Section D) | ||
| Poon Lim (sea survival record holder – 133 days adrift) | Equipped to Survive (survival publications and videos) |
| Ship canals | ||
| Kiel Canal (United Canal Agency) | Panama Canal | Suez Canal (transit information & instructions) |
| Shipping statistics | ||
| European Union: Transport in Figures (transport data for the Member States) | OECD – Shipping Transport Statistics | UNCTAD Review of Maritime Transport (1999) – Statistics |