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1. The Company should clearly define and document the master's responsibility with regard to: 1 implementing the safety and...

1. An Interim Document of Compliance may be issued to facilitate the initial implementation of this Code when: a Company is newly...

Right to Innocent Passage We know that the Territorial Sea (TS – up to 12 nautical miles) is part of the territory of a country. When one...

Maritime Zones and the Law of the Sea The rights of coastal States to claim maritime zones derive from international law, the body of law...

Adoption: 7 July 1978; Entry into force: 28 April 1984; Major revisions in 1995 and 2010 The 1978 STCW Convention was the first to...

Under the Manila Amendments to the STCW Convention (STCW 2010), all persons who are assigned duty as an officer in charge of a watch or...