Lesson One The International Maritime Organization: 1
Lesson Two International Conventions 11
Lesson Three Port State Control 32
Lesson Four The Safe Transport of Dangerous Cargoes by Sea 37
Lesson Five Classification of Dangerous Goods 44
Lesson Six The Environmental Threat 60
Lesson Seven Preventing Marine Pollution 67
Lesson Eight Maritime Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China 84
Lesson Nine An Introduction to the SOLAS Convention and Protocol 104
Lesson Ten The Summary of the 1978 STCW Convention 132
Lesson Eleven Principles of Safe Manning 142
Lesson Twelve How to Determine if Risk of Collision Exists 152
Lesson Thirteen Comment of'Responsibility'Rules 166
Lesson Fourteen Marine Occurrence Report 172
Lesson Fifteen General Principles for Ship Reporting Systems and Ship Reporting Requirements 187
Lesson Sixteen Establishment and Operation of Rescue Co-ordination Centres 197
Lesson Seventeen Surveys and Certifications 207
Lesson Eighteen The GMDSS 224
Lesson Nineteen The VTS Concept 239
Lesson Twenty Guidelines for Vessel Traffic Service 252
Lesson Twenty One Law and the Future for VTS 269
Lesson Twenty Two Navigational Requirements for Accuracy 281
Lesson Twenty Three Availability and Reliability of Aids to Navigation 288
Lesson Twenty Four Economic Factors and Planning 296
Lesson Twenty Five Loran C 302
Lesson Twenty Six Navstar-Global Positioning System 310
Appendix Ⅰ Vocabulary 318
Appendix Ⅱ Key to the Exercises 337
Appendix Ⅲ Selected Translations of the Texts 358