The 'Ice Navigation Manual' is a comprehensive guide to best practice for the safe navigation and operation of ships in ice. Now in its second edition, the guide has been fully updated to provide seafarers with both a practical and conceptual understanding of this challenging environment.

This Guide details the requirements and preparations for Masters and Navigating Officers on vessels intending to transit the Panamax or Neopanamax locks of the Panama Canal.

This publication provides a comprehensive overview of US ballast water management regulations, including federal to state level requirements, the development of future US legislation and ballast water exchange and treatment. It provides detailed information on the ballast water management systems (BWMS) that are type-approved by the US Coast Guard (USCG) for ballasting operations in US waters.