Marine transportation of LNG is the only sector of merchant shipping where steam propulsion systems remain widely employed. This SIGTTO publication sets out competence standards for engineers operating and maintaining these systems and forms default minimum training recommendations for best practice.
General Rules for Tankers, Owned or Operating in the USA, 2025 Edition, is edited and compiled from over 15,000 pages of regulations directly related to shipping, contained in the United States Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). These are the codification of the general and permanent rules of the U.S. Federal Government, which in their entirety number over 200,000 pages of information.
This OCIMF poster provides guidance to F(P)SO personnel on the rules, regulations, guidelines, standards and publications that apply to F(P)SO safety, operations and maintenance.
The purpose of this Guide is to assist staff and operators serving on board oil, chemical and gas tankers to prepare for a vessel's SIRE 2.0 ship inspection by providing a greater understanding of the requirements of the SIRE 2.0 questionnaire. This Guide should be used in conjunction with the latest OCIMF-SIRE 2.0 Question Libraries.