This is the definitive Guide to the safe carriage and handling of crude oil and petroleum products on tankers and at terminals.
ISGOTT was first published in 1978 and combined the contents of the ‘Tanker Safety Guide (Petroleum)’, published by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), and the ‘International Oil Tanker and Terminal Safety Guide’, by the Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF).
The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 (better known as MARPOL), is one of the most important international agreements on the subject of marine pollution.
The new consolidated edition provides an easy reference to the up-to-date provisions and unified interpretations of the articles, protocols and Annexes of the Convention. All amendments up to and including the 2006 amendments adopted by the Marine Environment Protection Committee at its 54th session have been incorporated.
Every effort has been made to ensure that the material in this publication is accurate and up to date, but a certain degree of obsolescence is inevitable. There has been a good deal of change in the political sphere. In addition, there have been complex administrative changes in international radiocommunications — for example, the International Telecommunication Union has been comprehensively reorganized...
...This Guidance gives the point on the survey matters and the related requirements as well as on the necessary preparations to be made for surveys including documentation. This Guidance also helps the survey applicants who are ship owners or their representatives to carry out the surveys expeditiously and economically as scheduled...
Take the time and hard work out of updating and modernising your SOLAS Training Manual by using this document as the basis for your continued compliance with SOLAS.
