The Art of Dredging

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DYNAMIC POSITIONING 

Intro in DP/DT                                 http://www.imca-int.com/divisions/marine/reference/intro01.html

MARITIME LAW 

Code of Federal Regulations (U.S.A.)        http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&tpl=%2Findex.tpl

IMO resolutions                                         http://www.imo.org/InfoResource/mainframe.asp?topic_id=435

IMO Info (ISPS, accidents, ...)              http://gisis.imo.org/Public/

METEO

European severe weather guide                  http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/port_studies/medports/index.html

Typhoon Havens handbook W.Pacific         http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/port_studies/thh-nc/0start.htm

Hurricane Havens handbook N.Atlant.          http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/port_studies/tr8203nc/0start.htm

Forecaster handbooks # regions                   http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/pubs/fleet.html#forecaster 

Mariner's guide for Hurricane Awareness in the North Atlantic - NOAA    Download 1Mb

Robin Storm, meteo blog                             http://robinstorm.blogspot.com/

SHIPHANDLING

Master's guide to berthing                         http://www.standard-club.com/content/PU-MG-Berthing.aspx

Master's guide to container securing          http://www.standard-club.com/content/PU-MG-ContainerSecuring.aspx

Handbook containers                                 http://www.containerhandbuch.de/

SAFETY

MCGA - Leading for safety                         http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/leading-for-safety.pdf

Code of Safe Working Practice for Merchant Seamen   http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/coswop-2.pdf

Gard - Guidance to masters                        www.gard.no/pages/GardNO/Publications/Guidances/GuidanceToMastersHome

MEDICAL

Ship's captain medical guide                     http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/mcga07-home/workingatsea/mcga-medicalcertandadvice/mcga-dqs_st_shs_ships_capt_medical_guide.htm

The Merck manual online                          http://www.merck.com/mmhe/index.html

Reanimation, newest techniques                http://www.erc.edu/

Institute for Tropical Medecine - Antwerp   http://www.itg.be/itg/

NAVIGATION

British Admiralty - Notices to Mariners                      http://www.nmwebsearch.com/

British Admiralty - Easytide (online tide software)     http://www.easytide.com/EasyTide/EasyTide/index.aspx

 World VTS Guide                                                     http://www.worldvtsguide.org/

IHC dredging serie of papers on centrifugal dredgepumps (download ten parts, total 23 Mb)

Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

"Ship Dynamics for Mariners", Clark, The Nautical Institute

This is a difficult subject taken beyond the level of an ordinary textbook, you may even start to consider it readable. Must-read chapters on squat, propulsion, behaviour of ships in waves, etc... 

 NP100 The Mariner's Handbook, by the British Admiralty

Many an accident would have been avoided if only all knowledge from this book would have been absorbed by watchkeeping officers and captains.

 "Modern Marine Salvage" William I. Milwee Jr, Cornell Maritime Press

700 pages crammed solid with salvage in all its aspects: technically, legally, logistically, ship structure. Reading this book gives a clear insight in possibilities and limitations of salvage. Call it "The Bible of Salvage"

"Ship Knowledge" by Klaas Van Dokkum, Dokmar

This is more a primer on ship construction, with good integration between text and illustrations. If you've been sailing ships for a few years, this book is not really worth your time (and money).

"Managing collision avoidance at sea"  Lee & Parker, The Nautical Institute

Takes collision regulations one level up, by accounting for ship manoeuvring characteristics, bridge procedures, managing crew fatigue, etc... Worth reading if you are handling big ships.

 "The Tankship Tromedy"  Jack Devanney, CTX Press

A must-read on practices in design, construction and operations of supertankers.

Download: www.c4tx.org/ctx/pub/tromedy2.pdf

 "Human Error in the Maritime Industry" Bengt Schager, Marine Profile Sweden AB,

See book review  on this site

"In command - 200 things I wish I'd known before I was Captain" by Michael Lloyd FNI      http://www.seamanship.com/

Well worth reading if you are that newbie captain who wish he knows 200 things more than he does now. Very recommendable, despite the hardliner Britisch attitude towards command displayed in this book, by captain Lloyd.

"The Nautical Institute On Command", various authors, Nautical Institute

contains 60 articles related to the subject, but from a very uneven level. Worth reading anyway, as it opens up the complete universe of responsibilities of a master.

You should not download it here: 

http://www.esnips.com/doc/a5e4600f-0e71-4a65-8930-4bce0d45b216/The-Nautical-Institute-on-Command