Digital Maritime Regulations

Digital Acts, Regulations, Bulletins, Technical Information and Forms with SOLAS, MARPOL and STCW* can be carried on Bahamas Flag vessels instead of paper copies.

See our Letter of Equivalence from the Bahamas Maritime Authority.

Available via Internet or CD/DVD-ROM^† (the latter being delivered every two months).

Contains:

Bahamas Shipping Acts, Regulations, Bulletins, Technical Information and Forms;
fully amended digital SOLAS, MARPOL and STCW*;
Officer's guide to Merchant Shipping Legislation;
Caribbean Cargo Ship Safety Code, Small Commercial Vessel and Pilot Boat (SCV) Code and the Large Commercial Yacht Code (LY2);
UK M Notices and Code of Safe Working Practice.

Features:

linking between related documents;
comprehensive search engine and subject indexes;
keyword indexes;
instant worldwide access via Internet or CD/DVD-ROM^†;
fast, accurate and complete;
subscribers receive monthly e-mail notification of changes in legislation.

*SOLAS, MARPOL and STCW are available as part of Premium and Professional products.

^†Due to the amount of content, Professional products are supplied on DVD-ROM.

Criteria for using Digital Regulations onboard Bahamas Flag Ships

The digital media shall be obtained and be capable of being updated from a genuine source, i.e., one which does not infringe copyright^‡;
the digital media shall be available to the Officer of the Watch (OOW), without limitations, from the bridge;
the computer used shall be dedicated for information storage and retrieval and shall be connected always to the main and emergency power supplies; and
backup of the digital media shall be ensured, for example, by additionally installing on an alternative, independent computer which shall also be made available to the OOW within a short period of time.

The assessment of the suitability of the electronic product for use onboard should be carried out by the ship's technical manager ("Company" as defined under the ISM Code), taking into account the above guidance.

^‡Regs4ships sources all its material from public domain sources - see our Statement of Compliance.

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