UNIT 1: Maritime Regulations

Governing Bodies

By Rosario Nuñubero Ferrúa

1) Describe 3 types of cargo vessels Review
2) How can you describe these words:
davit -frames- bulkhead – forecastle- hull
3) Mention some vessel dimensions.Explain them
4) What are the officers ranks in the deck department?. Explain THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES
5) What do you remember about maintenance? Importance- type- Activities- tools examples
6) Complete the chart

Equipment in the foc’sle Equipment in the GMDSS components

bridge
a) cleats
b)
c)
d)
Which are the governing
bodies in maritime
shipping?

IMO
FLAGSTATE
Classification Societies
What do you know about them?
UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION- UNO

INTERNATIONAL MARITIME
ORGANIZATION- IMO

CLASSIFICATION SOCIETIES

FLAG STATE

MARITIME COMPANIES

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 What are we going to learn
today?

.
At the end of the session, the students will describe
the importance of Maritime Regulations and their
relationship with IMO, conventions and regulatory bodies.

Why it would be
useful?

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What do they do?

How are companies and

ships inspected?

What documents do
ships need to operate?

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What do you know about IMO?
Write down some information-
environmental concerns
Effienciency of shipping

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GENERALITIES
INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING
SLOGAN: Safe, secure and
SOLAS-II.2- ship efficient shipping on Clean
construction
LAWS: SOLAS-IV- Communication
Oceans

International Watch the video : 00 to 1:30’

regulatory bodies Answer the questions
1) What is their responsibility?
2) How many members do they have?
3) How many committees do they have?
4) What do they regulate specifically? Mention
5 items

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6NrqFyrGX8
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 IMO - OBJECTIVES
Improvement of safety at
sea- SOLAS- COLREG- Security of International
STCW ( competences)- ISM shipping-SOLAS-ISPS ( PBIP)-
CODE BMP5-Piracy

Prevention of marine
pollution: SOLAS-
OBJECTIVES MARPOL

Facilitation of Maritime
traffic: website-FAL
CONVENTION- VTS

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IMO Organization Composition
Assembly

Council

Committee Committee Committee Committee Committee

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IMO Organization Composition
Marine Safety Committee
1. MSC

Conventions & Codes resulted in

SOLAS/ COLREG/LSA CODE -
Amendments

Marine Environment
2. MEPC Protection Committee:

They resulted in MARPOL regulations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLLu-sm9x8w
Making shipping safer
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Marine Safety Committee:
• facilities/
• Laws standards/
• Navigation: rules in COLREG
• Equipment: GMDSS- RADAR- GPS-
ELECTRONIC CHARTS ( ECDIS)
• Environment: Ballast management
Convention- micro-organisms
. Pilot
. VTS
VIDEO ACTIVITY 2: IMO -Making Shipping Safer
Watch the first 2 minutes of the video
I.- Complete the gaps:
Global rules covering _______(1) at sea have been made by IMO.
IMO standards for shipping are continuously changing and ________(2) providing a safer work
place for _________(3) and this helps protect the __________(4), too.

II.- Write down appropriate information

1) Traffic regulations are known because of _______

2) To avoid collisions, it is compulsory to check navigation equipment such as the
radar,GPS,and ___________
3) Vessels are offered services when arriving or leave ports such as mooring ,_________ to
navigate safely into or out of open waters.
4) They should also be supported by _________ on shore base.
5) Vessels are also guided with physical _________ like buoys and channel markers.

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Maritime Environmental Protection Committee

This Committee addresses environmental issues :

a) the control and prevention of ship-source pollution covered by the MARPOL Covention,
including oil, chemicals carried in bulk ( unpacked), sewage, garbage and emissions from
ships, including air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions.- Ballast Management
Convention

b) Other matters covered include ballast water management, anti-fouling PAINT-systems,

ship recycling, pollution preparedness and response, and identification of special areas
and particularly sensitive sea areas.Coral reefs

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Assembly and Committees

3. Legal Committee Compensations and liabilities :

pollution/ ship damage/ passenger
claims/ fair seafarers treatment

4. Technical
Cooperation
Building programs for technical support
Committee

Facilitation for International Traffic:

5. Facilitation arrival / departure/ cargo/
Committee passengers

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Practice: International Maritime Organization – Reading Comprehension
Practice: International Maritime Organization – Reading Comprehension
PRACTICE – READING COMPREHENSION

4) IMO and shipping considerations

CONVENTIONS AND CODES

Written agreement/ Amendments

CONVENTIONS

Ships comply with requirements

Ships have compulsory equipment

IMO PILLARS

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MARITIME CONVENTIONS

LOAD LINES
SOLAS
CONVENTION (‘74-’88)
(1966)

STCW

FAL Convention CONVENTIONS

MARPOL

COLREG
(Collision Maritime Labor
Regulation Convention
Convention)

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PRACTICE: General Information about Conventions
 CONVENTIONS AND CODES

They give specifications for a

CODES particular chapter of a
convention

ISM Code LSA Code ISPS Code

SOLAS Chapter XI-2
SOLAS Chapter SOLAS Chapter III
(regulations for special rules
IX (Management for the (Life saving appliances and to improve maritime security)
safe operations of ships) arrangements)

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Flagstates
Country in which the ship is registered.

Responsibility for rules and laws

* People on board

* Crew behaviour: safety/

environment/ communication

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 READING: Read the paragraphs and answer
the questions on the next slide
From Marine Insight:
Ship registration plays an important role in many
aspects such as vessel purchases, newbuilding
deliveries, financing,, and different priorities of
owners and mortgages.

The term Flag State came to existence because of the usage of flags as the symbol of the nationality
the ships belong to from the early days. The flag has come to be an officially sanctioned and very
powerful symbol of the State. The ship’s flag displays the nationality of the ship, under whose laws
the ship is plying in the international waters.

The vessel in consideration thus has to comply with all the maritime rules,
regulations and stipulations laid out by the flag state in accordance with
the international maritime rules and stipulations.

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Practice: FLAG STATES

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CLASSIFICATION SOCIETIES

Responsibility: Technical condition of the ship

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Classification Societies
Ship construction regulations

Quality of material
They approve drawings and inspect
construction

Ship design
They issue a certificate upon completion
of construction Certificate of Class
( hull/ machinery)

They have a network of surveyors IACS

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What did you learn?

Why is it important?

How are you going to use it?

ASSIGNMENT

Read the text about the Classification Societies and
answer the questions:
Page 4:
a)What is the objective of the IACS?
b) What document do they issue?
c) Does a classification society guarantee the safety
of the ship?. Support your answer
d) Who is involved to comply with regulations?
Page 7:
e)Make a graphic organizer to summarize the
classification process.
f) Make a chart to describe the classification survey.
Group work: Groups of 3 or 4 students
*Read the text about classification
societies in CANVAS
• Do the activities
• Use a PDF to submit your file.
• Explain your assignment in class
• Due date: Monday April 10-2023-
23:00