International Regulations for Preventing

Collisions at Sea, 1972

With IMO-amendments of 1981, 1987, 1989, 1993 and 2001

 

By Pierre Deseck




     This book was written chiefly for commercial navigation and yachting. Never­heless, it will also be useful to those in charge of the watch on other ves­sels. As such, it is intended for students as well as graduates of all establishments of maritime education.

 

    Each Rule is commented on in some detail in order to make the official and rigid language peculiar to legal texts easier to understand.

 

    Each situation is depicted as realistically as possible with the help of illustra­tions. The coloured drawings represent the various combinations of lights and shapes which are encountered at sea.

 

    The following aspects of the Regulations have been singled out for special comment:

 

1. The use of radar

2. Traffic separation schemes

3. The various fishing methods and,

4. The additional lights and shapes which can occur outside the cases foreseen in the Rules.

 

    The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea were drawn up in London on 20 October 1972. They came into force on 15 July 1977 and have entirely replaced the 1960 Regulations.

 

    The 1972 Regulations (Colregs 72) have been amended several times over the years. The last amendments were introduced in 2001 and are fully included in this book.

 

    Critical remarks and suggestions may be sent to the author at the following ad­dress: pdeseck@pandora.be and will be gratefully received.

 

    Several Rules have been supplemented by a number of Marine Guidance Notes (MGN) which are published by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (mca).The original texts of these Marine Guidance Notes can be found on Internet at the following address: http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/mcga-home

 

    An extensive list of questions and answers relating to this book can be found on Internet at the following address: http://maritimeknowhow.com. In the main ta­ble of contents, just click on COLREGS.

 

    On http://maritimeknowhow.com surf to Dictionaries to find an extensive list of all the main technical terms which can be found in several languages such as French, Japanese, Dutch, etc. This dictionary should make the book readable and fully understandable in those languages. In http://maritimeknowhow.com just click on “Dictionaries” to see other multilingual lists of maritime technical terms covering other subjects.

   

Paperback

Size: 23 x 16 cm

449 pages

Coloured illustrations

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Code: #Col0001

Price: €48,50 (plus port)

 

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