Maritime Directory

Hartford, CT, United States

Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Company is the nation’s seventh largest insurance brokerage firm.

New Albany, IN, United States

HMS provides a wide range of marine management services in the passenger vessel industry, including vessel operations, project management, marine hospitality and business plan execution.

Lafayette, LA, United States

Houseboat Outlet Inc. is the designer and manufacturer of one of the most affordable, state of the art, and top-quality U.S. Coast Guard certified type II marine sanitation devices on the market today (THE MSD). THE MSD meets all IMO standards and is at the apex of environmental safety.

Odessa, Ukraine

ICENTRE of OSMA in Odessa, Ukraine provides maritime literature and information related to SOLAS, IMO, STCW, and MARPOL regulations.

Holt, ACT, Australia

Consultancy specialising in safety legislation in relation to small vessels in developing countries.

Annapolis, Maryland, United States

InDepth Diving Contractors (Baltimore) provides professional underwater diving services including hull cleaning, propeller maintenance, and salvage operations.

Chile

Canada

Institut maritime du Québec (IMQ) is a maritime training center in Rimouski, Canada, offering programs in naval architecture, marine mechanical engineering, navigation, logistics operations management, and professional diving.

Lisboa, Portugal

Instituto Marítimo-Portuário Edificio Vasco da Gama is a maritime institute based in Lisboa, Portugal, providing maritime and port-related services and training.

Baltimore, MD, United States

International Cargo Surveyors, Inc., established in 1983, provides a wide range of Marine and Air cargo inspection services. All of ICS surveyors are certified as "Expert Witness". ICS provides Port Captain Services, Oil Spill Haz-Mat Investigations, Intermodal Equipment Inspections, Yacht Appraisals and Vessel On/Off Hires, Fuel Oil Calculations and Letter Of Credit Compliance Inspections. ICS has offices in New York/New Jersey, Baltimore, Norfolk and Miami and serves the ports of the U.S. East Coast.

Oslo, Norway

PURPOSES, OBJECTIVES, SCOPE OF WORK The aim of the forum shall be to promote the well-being of the Working Environment and Safety and Health for Seafarers as both individuals and as a collective group, in relation to or in compliance with relevant national and international rules and regulations in that respect. TARGET GROUP The forum is open to all involved in, and ensuring compliance with the regulations regarding Working Environment, Safety and Health, thus: Shipping companies, ship management companies, ship manning companies the seafarers: safety supervisors safety representatives members of safety committees and Seafarers unions and other relevant organisations. SCOPE OF WORK The scope of work is as defined by the national and international rules and regulations dealing with seafarers working environment, safety and health at work, as clearly expressed by the ISM Code's objectives, inter alias: Provide for safe practices in ship operation Provide for a safe working environment Establish safeguards against all identified risks The forum is founded upon the Major Rules and Regulations for Working Environment, Safety and Health at Work on board, mainly: The IMO's International Safety Management code ILOS Convention 147 (Merchant shipping minimum standards) ILO convention 178 (inspection of seafarers working and living conditions) Standards for safety and health at work applying to EU flagged ships The relevant sections of the STCW convention MEMBERS BENEFITS Frequent information on the subject Discount on seminars, literature, etc. The right to join our rating system for health, safety and working environment Access to members-section on www.HSEatSea.no (discussion board, useful information etc.) The forum shall not deal with matters as traditional union topics, wages and employments agreements, medical advice etc, but confine the scope of work to the relevant and above referred international regulations. COMMITTEE The forum is lead by a committee, consisting of professionals from different sections of the shipping industry. PRACTICAL INFORMATION All information will be sent to the members through e-mail and will also be published on the forums web-pages. You are welcome to contact us in our office-hours mon-fri 10.00 – 15.00.

FAREHAM, United Kingdom

The International Harbour Masters' Association (IHMA) was formed in June 1996 with more than 250 members in 52 countries worldwide. Membership now encompasses almost 80 nations and extends throughout Western and Eastern Europe, Australasia, Africa, The Americas, The Middle East and Asia Membership consists of harbour masters from ports large and small, publicly and privately owned, and represents a unique source of up-to-date, hands-on expertise in a range of maritime operations, including: safety of navigation, vessel traffic control and monitoring, port management, protection of the marine environment, the ship/port interface, cargo handling and safe stowage, safety management and training, and the good practice of seamanship in port and harbour environs. Widely acknowledged as a competent partner in the shipping and port industry world-wide, the IHMA's wealth of experience is sought after and highly appreciated in many international fora and inter-industry working groups. Consequently, the IHMA's application for observer status at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is undergoing its last stages of appraisal and, on sucessful conclusion, will offer direct access to this important forum from later this year

Fareham, Hampshire, United Kingdom

IMIS was created as a direct response to the introduction of the ITU-R.M1371-1 specified Automatic Identification System [AIS] technology and the directive issued by the International Maritime Organisation [IMO] that all Safety Of Life At Sea [SOLAS] vessels will be required to install an AIS terminals over a period of time starting in July 2002. The IMO directive has resulted in IMIS creating a Maritime Data Radio Network [MDRN] capable of handling not only the ITU-R.M1371-1 AIS protocol but existing data radio technologies such radio telemetry and other private and public mobile radio solutions.

Japan

Middletown, Rhode Island, United States

KVH is the manufacturer of TracVision marine satellite TV antennas, Tracphone satellite communication systems, Ship Security Alert Systems, and navigation products for commercial and recreational marine vessels.

Japan

Kherson, Kherson, Ukraine

Kherson Seafarers’ Training Centre was formed as one of the first non-state maritime training establishments with approval of Ukrainian Maritime Administration. Centre is one of the few similar Ukrainian educational establishments included at the official edition Lloyd's Ship Management - LSM Guide to Worldwide Maritime Training. Education and training of seafarers is based on the IMO model courses and requirements of international agreements about professional training of maritime staff.

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Hamburg,, Germany

Together with partners all over the globe, we offer multimodal logistic and forwarding solutions from pure transportation services to integrated logistics packages along the entire value chain – tailored to your specific requirements. Companies are confronted daily with ever new worldwide opportunities for procurement, production and distribution. This requires intelligent logistic solutions for managing the supply chains - and a competent partner:LPL Lehnkering Projects + Logistics GmbH!

Piraeus, Greece

Manufacturer of Marine Accessories and Safety Equipment.

London, United Kingdom

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