IMO Briefing 5/2008

13 March 2008

Ships' Routeing (2008 Edition) now available

Details of all ships’ routeing and mandatory reporting systems adopted by IMO, including traffic separation schemes, two-way routes, recommended tracks, deep water routes, precautionary areas and areas to be avoided, are included in the latest edition of the IMO Publication, Ships' Routeing.

Essential for Administrations and seafarers alike, the 720-page 2008 Edition covers all ships’ routeing and mandatory reporting systems adopted by the Organization up to and including the 83rd session of the Maritime Safety Committee (October 2007) and includes representational maps as well as full coordinates of all schemes.

The publication, which will also be available on CD, is available from authorized distributors of IMO publications (http://tinyurl.com/3yqbgz) and via IMO's Online Bookshop. For further information, please consult the IMO website at www.imo.org.

Technical details:

720 pp A4 (with binder), product code: IC927E, price £110, ISBN: 978-92-801-4232-7.
Will also be available on CD at the same price by July 2008, product code: DC927E, ISBN: 978-92-801-7020-7.

Customers wishing to be informed about the availability of new IMO titles can register online at: http://tinyurl.com/ywle7

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For further information please contact:

Lee Adamson, Head, Public Information Services on 020 7587 3153 (media@imo.org) or

Natasha Brown, External Relations Officer on 020 7587 3274 (media@imo.org).