Chapter 1 Radio Weather Messages 1
Introduction 1
Reproductions of Weather Report 6
Chapter 2 Notice to Mariners 30
Introduction 31
Admiralty Notices to Mariners 36
American Notice to Mariners 83
Chapter 3 Legends and Cautionary Notes on Navigational Charts 99
Introduction 99
Examples Collected from admiralty charts 104
Chapter 4 Sailing Directions 118
Explanatory Notes 119
Extracts from ENGLISH CHANNEL TO SOUTHERN NORTH SEA—THROUGH ROUTEING 125
Chapter 5 Guide to Port Entry 159
Introduction 160
Reproductions of GUIDE TO PORT ENTRY Singapore(1997) 161
Chapter 6 International Regulations for Preventing Coilisions at Sea,1972 188
Chapter 7 Contracts of Carriage of Goods at Sea 240
Ⅰ．Contracts of affreightment and chartering 240
Ⅱ．Charter Parties and Bills of Lading 243
Ⅲ．Traditional ways of allocating the basic charter Components 248
Chapter 8 Logbook 261
Introduction 261
Examples of the Deck Logbook 266
Reprints of the Ship's Logbook 270
Chapter 9 Ship's Repairs 285
Introduction 285
Examples of Repair Lists 285
Chapter 10 Ship's Correspondence 312
Introduction 312
Reproductions of Letters 319