LibGuides: Marine Engineering / Nautical Sciences: Websites

Safety and Stewardship

Gearing Up for Safety: Safe Work Practices for Commercial Fishing in British Columbia
WorksafeBC Publication Date: Dec 2014.
Commercial fishing is one of the most dangerous occupations in British Columbia. Gearing Up for Safety addresses many common safety and health hazards in the commercial fishing industry in B.C. waters. WorkSafeBC revised this manual in collaboration with Fish SAFE and members of the Fish SAFE Advisory Committee. The safety steps included here are a direct result of industry input, and reflect what are commonly seen in B.C. waters as safe work practices.

Boat Blue Marine Mammals and Boaters: Safety and Stewardship / Marine Education and Research Society.
Boat Blue is the Canadian Power and Sail Squadron (CPS-ECP) National Environment Committee's campaign to bring the protection of our waterways to the forefront of what it means to be a responsible boater.
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Version: 2022-09-26
Green Boating Guide / T. Buck Suzuki Environmental Foundation.
A Green Boating Guide that offers a complete overview of sustainable boating practices.

Animated Knots by Grog
ICS Maritime Signal Flags app
Morse Code Alphabet Quiz
Morse Code Practice
Nautical Flags Quiz
Nautical Flags Meaning Quiz
Splicing Instructions
Rules of the Road Boating Quiz
Test your Flag Knowledge
Wolfram Alpha Math (showing the work step by step solutions to math, calculus, plotting, trig problems)
Thermodynamics - Khan Academy and Chemistry Library

Master Mariners of Canada

CMAC Canadian Marine Advisory Council

Transport Canada: Marine

Transport Canada: Ship Safety Bulletins

Transportation Safety Board of Canada: Marine

Radio Aids to Marine Navigation 2022, Canadian Coast Guard

Canadian Tide and Current Tables: 2021 Vol. 6 Discovery Passage and West Coast of Vancouver Island

Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) Marine transportation safety investigations and reports

Royal Canadian Marine, Search & Rescue Training Materials

Port Information Guide : Port of Vancouver

Canadian Institute of Marine Engineering

IMarEST

Marinediesels.co.uk

Royal Institution of Naval Architects

Shipbuilding Picture Dictionary

GEBCO Gazetteer of undersea features

Canadian Sailing Directions - Canadian Hydrographic Service
Downloadable Sailing Directions for Atlantic, Pacific Coast. Sailing Directions booklets are an indispensable companion to nautical charts. They are a great tool for planning and assisting in navigation because they provide information that cannot be shown on a chart.
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Canadian Hydrographic Service no longer produces hard copies of its publications.

ILO International Labour Organization Up-to-date conventions and recommendations

IMO International Maritime Organization

DNV Service Documents Includes Rules for Classification of Ships

MAIB Marine Accident Investigation Branch

NFPA codes online

WHO: International Health Regulations

Safety, Security, and Emergency Response

Emergency Response Guidebook

Vessel Registries and Service Directories

Nauticapedia Vintage Vessel Database

Sea Technology Buyers Guide Directory

Transport Canada Vessel Registration Query System

Vessel Finder

Marine Weather for Canada

Meteorlogical Service of Canada

Australian Maritime Safety Authority

CHIRP Maritime Safer Seas

Samson Rope (mooring, knots, etc)

WorkSafeBC

American Bureau of Shipping

Marine Log

Maritime Reporter and Engineering News

Proceedings of the Marine Safety & Security Council

Nautilus International

Clarkson's Shipping Intelligence Network
Clarkson's Shipping Intelligence Network is a market leader in providing data, intelligence and insights across all aspects of shipping and trade, supporting the workflows and decision making of our clients.
DNV GL-LNGi
free features for registered users (you may create an account free of charge):
– LNG Fuel Finder – submit your own LNG bunker requests to LNG suppliers
– See locations of all LNG bunker requests submitted by other companies
– Download ready graphs, statistics and illustrations
Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics
Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics – one of Europe’s leading institutes in the area of maritime logistics research, consulting and knowledge transfer.
Maritime Commons - the Digital Repository of World Maritime University
Maritime Commons repository is a service of the World Maritime University library. Content includes documents collected by the library as well as research and scholarly papers deposited by WMU faculty and research groups.
UNCTADstat Data, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Maritime Transport
Statistical data
Merchant fleet by country of beneficial ownership, annual, Container port throughput, annual, World seaborne trade by types of cargo and by group of economies, annual, Port call and performance statistics annual: number of port calls, vessel age/size, time spent.
UNCTADstat - Maritime profile: Canada

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Safety and Stewardship