Textbook of Maritime Medicine

1. 5 International Conventions and Regulations of Importance to Maritime Medicine
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2. 13.2 Social Aspects
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/13. Port Medicine)

To contact or visit a doctor during a voyage, a seafarer will inform the responsible officer or the captain because by contract and on the basis of international conventions the company will most often ...

3. 1 Preface
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/1. Preface)

... and safety on the seas of the world. There is now a framework of international conventions which form the basis for common global standards of safety and, to an extent, for maritime health provision. Health ...

4. 4.12 UNEP
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

  The United Nations Environmental Program, UNEP, is the mother organization for three different important conventions, namely the Stockholm Convention, the Rotterdam Convention and the Basel Convention, ...

5. 4.7 European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... conventions and other regulations.     [1] http://www.emsa.europa.eu/end179d002.html [2] Council Directive 92/57/EEC of 24 June 1992 [3] Council Directive 92/58/EEC of 24 June 1992 [4] ...

6. 4.3 International Maritime Organization (IMO)[1]
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... matters, technical co-operation, maritime security and the efficiency of shipping. Up to 1970s the main task for IMO was to establish the different conventions. From this time, maintenance has been the ...

7. 4.2 International Labour Organization
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... Nations agency”, bringing together representatives for governments, employers and workers to jointly shape policies and programmes[1]    4.2.1   ILO Conventions[2]  LO is a very important stakeholder ...

8. 4.1 World Health Organization
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... regulations and guidelines, mostly in cooperation with ILO and IMO. Some of them are mentioned in the text below. See also Chapter 5 – international conventions and regulations.   4.1.1   International ...

9. 4 Organizations of Importance to Maritime Medicine
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... no supranational authority, it is quite necessary to cooperate and reach consensus across national boundaries – which means – establishing multilateral treaties or conventions that can be followed by all ...

10. 9.3. Legal Aspects for the Foundation of TMAS
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/9. Systems for Handling Medical Conditions on Board.)

... are called Recommendations & Conventions. Some of them are addressed to medical care, occupational safety and health protection and repatriation. These different instruments led to the foundation of ...

11. 14.3 Classification Societies
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/14. Ship Control)

...  These rules and codes as based on international regulation and conventions, own developed standards and codes developed at the request of the shipping industry. Today a ship either meets the relevant ...

12. 14.2 Flag State Control
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/14. Ship Control)

... State have been defined through various international conventions and regulations such as the following: the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL 73/78), the International ...

13. 14 Ship Control
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/14. Ship Control)

...  IMO has developed an extensive network of international conventions. These conventions are made applicable on board of merchant navy vessels by the flag state.   Ships obtain a nationality by registering ...

14. 5 International Conventions and Regulations of Importance to Maritime Medicine
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/5. International Conventions and Regulations of Importance to Maritime Medicine)

... of hostis humani generis (legal term of act). Freedom of navigation is established through different international conventions, like the Copenhagen Convention of 1857, that opened access to the Baltic ...

15. 5.12 Maritime Search and Rescue
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/5. International Conventions and Regulations of Importance to Maritime Medicine)

... conventions: Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago Convention) –Annex 12 International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR) International Convention for the Safety of Life ...

16. 5.11 Ship medical facilities – Ship medical chest
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/5. International Conventions and Regulations of Importance to Maritime Medicine)

     Ship hospitals are not described in detail anywhere in international regulations, but different aspects of the topic are covered in a lot of different conventions, regulations and guidelines ...

17. 5.10 Telemedical Maritime Assistance at Sea
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/5. International Conventions and Regulations of Importance to Maritime Medicine)

  This topic has different aspects, which are covered in different conventions. The communication systems and equipment are covered in the Convention on the International Maritime Satellite Organization, ...

18. 5.9 Working and living environment
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/5. International Conventions and Regulations of Importance to Maritime Medicine)

... with the requirements of the MLC 2006 Convention. The content of the convention is much alike the content of the conventions it is based upon. Several ILO Conventions will be replaced when MLC 2006 has ...

19. 5.6 Environment and pollution
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/5. International Conventions and Regulations of Importance to Maritime Medicine)

      5.6.1        IMO Conventions in the field of pollution  Pollution caused by ships not only covers oil pollution, although this alone counted for approximately 600.000 tons of oil being discarded ...

20. 5.5 Ship Safety
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/5. International Conventions and Regulations of Importance to Maritime Medicine)

... only ship and crew, dealing only with aspects regarding maritime medicine and maritime health. 5.5.1        IMO instruments – ship safety  The IMO conventions for for ship safety are listed in table ...