International Medical Guide for Ships

This Guide has been developed to consolidate existing IMO maritime security-related material into an easily read companion guide to SOLAS chapter XI-2 and the ISPS Code in order to assist States in promoting maritime security through development in the requisite legal framework, associated administrative practices, procedures and technical and human resources. It is intended both to assist SOLAS Contracting Governments in the implementation, verification, compliance with, and enforcement of, the provisions of SOLAS chapter XI-2 and the ISPS Code. It should also serve as an aid and reference for those engaged in delivering capacity- building activities in the field of maritime security. This second edition of the Guide incorporates guidance approved by the Maritime Safety Committee on the development of maritime security legislation as well as maritime cyber risk management, and includes updated sources for further information to support the implementation of the ISPS Code.

SafetyNET is an international automatic direct-printing satellite-based service for the promulgation of maritime safety information including navigational warnings and meteorological information and other urgent safety-related messages to ships, as well as search and rescue-related information, and fulfils an integral role in the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS). This edition of the Manual, renamed the *International SafetyNET Services Manual*, incorporates changes introduced to the Inmarsat satellite network and services including the Inmarsat Fleet Safety service, which has been recognized as a mobile satellite service for use in the GMDSS by adoption of resolution MSC.450(99).

This publication presents engineering specifications for fire safety equipment and systems required by SOLAS chapter II-2 concerning: - international shore connections - personnel protection - fire extinguishers - fixed gas fire-extinguishing systems - fixed foam fire-extinguishing systems - fixed pressure water-spraying and water-mist fire-extinguishing systems - automatic sprinkler, fire detection and fire alarm systems - fixed fire detection and fire alarm systems - sample extraction smoke detection systems - low-location lighting systems - fixed emergency fire pumps - arrangement of means of escape - fixed deck foam systems - inert gas systems - fixed hydrocarbon gas detection systems.