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Ship Classification

• ABS-HQ
• Bureau Veritas
• Cyprus Bureau of Shipping
• DNV
• Germanischer Lloyd
• Hellenic Register of Shipping
• International Association of Class Societies
• Korean Register
• Lloyds Register
• Nippon Kaiji Kyokai – Class NK

Port State Control

• Equasis
• Paris Memorandum Secretariat
• Vina del Mar Agreement
• USCG Port State Control Home Page
• Australian Marine Safety Authority
• Canadian Coast Guard
• Hong Kong Marine Department
• UK Coast Guard
• UK Department of Transport

Organizations

• API (American Petroleum Institute)
• ASTM
• UKRLP
• BCS-British Chamber of Shipping
• BSI-British Standards Institution
• DMI-Danish Maritime Institute
• ESPO-European Sea Ports Organisation
• ICS-Institute of Chartered Shipbrkrs
• IMARE-Institute of Marine Engineers
• Institute of Petroleum
• ICC-International Chamber of Commerce
• ICS-International Chamber of Shipping
• ISSA-International Ship Suppliers Association
• IMO-International Maritime Organisation
• ILO-International Labour Organisation
• ISO-International Standards Organisation
• ISSA-International Ship Suppliers Association
• ITF-International Trans. Workers Federation
• INTERCARGO
• INTERTANKO
• ITOPF
• Nautical Institute
• OPEC

P&I Clubs

• Britannia Steam Ship Ins Assoc
• British Marine Managers Ltd
• GARD Services AS
• London Steam-Ship Owners` Mut
• Marine & Legal Services
• North of England P&I Assoc
• SKULD – Oslo
• Standard Steamship Owners
• Steamship Mutual U/W (Bermuda)
• Strike Club Mngt (Eur)
• Swedish Club
• The American Club
• The Charterers P&I Club
• The Shipowners Protection Ltd
• The UK P&I Club
• UK Defence Club

Ship Registration

• Bahamas Maritime Authority
• Barbados Ships` Registry
• Belize Registry
• Bolivian International Register of Ships
• Cyprus Flag
• Flag of Convenience
• Gibraltar Ship Register
• Isle of Man Shipping
• Liberia Ship Register
• Marshall Islands Registry
• Norwegian International Registry
• Phoenix Register of Shipping (PH.R.S.)
• Registry of Shipping
• Russian Maritime Register

Seafarers Health

• Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA) – UK Ship Captain`s Medical Guide
• World Health Organisation
• International Radio – Medical Centre
• Spanish Society for Maritime Medicine
• US National Library of Medicine
• NHS Home Treatment Guide

Standards

• American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
• American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• British Standards Institution (BSI)
• United States Marine Safety Association (USMSA)

Casualties

• Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) – Incident & Exercise Reports
• International Marine Accident Reporting Scheme (MARS) – The Nautical Institute, UK
• International Underwriting Association
• Marine Accident Investigators International Forum
• Marine Accidents Investigation Branch (MAIB) – UK
• Merchant Marine: 200 pages information on museums, organizations and history, with an emphasis on World War II
• US Coast Guard – Casualty Reports

Oil Majors

• Agip
• Caltex
• Chemoil Corporation
• Chevron Texaco
• Conoco
• Energen
• Lukoil
• Norsk Hydro
• Petro Canada
• Petronas
• Phillips Petroleum
• Saudi Aramco
• Texaco
• Vitol

Terminology

• Abbreviations of Chemical Compounds
• The Acronym Finder
• A web of online dictionaries by R. Beard
• Enercon Group Inc.
• Glossary of Internet Terms
• Glossary of Maritime Terms (Bennie`s Merchant Marine Pages)
• Marlins – English for seafarers

Useful Tools

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• Weather Worldwide
• World Atlas
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• World Time Zones
• World Weather