Guide to the Collision Avoidance Rules
- 5th Edition - February 22, 1996
- Authors: A. N. Cockcroft, J. N. F. Lameijer
- Language: English
This is the definitive work on the Collision Avoidance Rules for all concerned with the practical and legal aspects of their interpretation. This new edition incorporates the 1993… Read more
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This is the definitive work on the Collision Avoidance Rules for all concerned with the practical and legal aspects of their interpretation. This new edition incorporates the 1993 Amendments to the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions atSea 1972, which came into force in 1995. The book sets out all the Rules with clear comments on their meaning and on the significance of the changes, and with excerpts from Court judgements that show how they have been interpreted in law. Arrangements of lights and signals are illustrated in colour, and diagrams explain certain aspects of the Steering and Sailing Rules.
Ship's Masters and officers, Navigating Officers, Students, Ship Owners and Managers, Lawyers and Maritime Safety Officials.
Collisions and the Courts; History of the Collision Regulations; International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, with comments: Part A - General, Part B - Steering and Sailing Rules, Part C - Ligts and Shapes, Part D - Sound and Light Signals, Part E - Exemptions; Annexes to the Rules; International Convention Regulations on Standards of Training, Navigational Certification and Watchkeeping; IMO Recommendations on navigational watchkeeping; Collision Risk Assessment; Manoeuvring Diagrams; Manoeuvring information; List of Ships referred to in the text; Index.
- Edition: 5
- Published: February 22, 1996
- Language: English
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A. N. Cockcroft
Marine consultant and collision regulations expert, UK. Former International Maritime Organization (IMO) collision regulations committee member.
Affiliations and expertise
Marine consultant and collision regulations expert. Former International Maritime Organization (IMO) collision regulations committee member.JL
J. N. F. Lameijer
Jan Lameijer has been actively engaged in matters related to COLREGS and Ships' Routeing as an advisor to the Netherlands Administration from 1969 until 2010.
As a representative of the Netherlands Administration Jan has been active for about 35 years in working groups of the Sub-Committee of Safety of Navigation, concerning COLREGS and Ships' Routeing. For more than 10 years Jan acted as chairman of NAV-subcommittee working group on ships routeing.
In recognition contributions to navigation, The Council of the Royal Institute of Navigation awarded Jan the Institutes Gold Medal for the year 2004.
Affiliations and expertise
Marine consultant and collision regulations expert, Norway.