Chapter 1 Watchstanding Tasks and Shipboard Emergencies 1
1.1 Watchstanding Tasks at Open Sea 1
1）changing watch 1
2）collision avoidance tasks 2
3）navigation tasks 3
4）communication tasks 4
5）ship control tasks 5
6）heavy weather tasks 5
7）ice navigation tasks 6
8）tropical storm area navigation tasks 6
9）restricted waters 7
1.2 Arrival and Departure 8
1）preparation for arrival in port 8
2）preparation for sea 10
1.3 Shipboard Emergencies 12
1）abandon ship 12
2）bridge control/telegram failure 12
3）collision 13
4）fire 13
5）flooding 14
6）gyro failure/compass failure 15
7）ice navigation 15
8）main engine-failure 17
9）man overboard 17
10）navigation in tropical storm area 18
11）search and resure 19
12）steering failure 19
13）stranding 20
Chapter 2 International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea,1972 22
Chapter 3 Admiralty Notices to Mariners 38
Chatper 4 Sailing Directions(Pilots)and Regulations for Navigation is Suez Canal 83
4.1 Sailing Directions(pilots) 83
1）introduction 83
2）Some extracts from Malaeca Strait and West Coast of Sumatra Pilot 84
（1）aspect 84
（2）directions 90
（3）lights and dangers 95
（4）anchorage 102
（5）pilotage and tidal streams 108
4.2 Regulations for Navigation in the Suez Canal and its Port 112
Chapter 5 Telegrams and Letters 122
5.1 Telegrams 122
5.2 Letters 158
Chapter 6 VHF Communication 183
6.1 VHF Conventions 183
6.2 VHF Procedures 198
Chapter 7 Radio Weather Messages 216
7.1 Weather Forecasts 216
7.2 Synopses and Warnings 226
7.3 Weather Reports 235
7.4 Examples of Weather reports 236
Chapter 8 Typical Repair Specification of General Cargo Ship 248
8.1 Dock Repair 248
8.2 Deck Department 250
8.3 Accommodation Work 254
Chapter 9 Bill of Lading 261
9.1 Billof Lading 261
9.2 Liner Bill of Lading 263
9.3 China Ocean Shipping Company Combined Transport Bill of Lading 274
Appendix：B/L of COSCO 289
Chapter 10 The Common Expressions of the Officer's Logbook 298
10.1 Common Expressions 298
10.2 Specific Examples 332
Appendix：Glossary of terms 338