Daily archives: 19/02/2016


The notes below were produced by the author for the purposes of preparing for an Officer of the Watch oral examination in November 2015. As such they are intended only as simplified summaries and aide memoires and therefore do not give a true reflection of the original content or intention […]

Personal Study Notes November 2015 – OOW Orals Exam


  On the 1st of January 2016 IMO Resolution A.1085(28) entered into force. This has introduced an amendment to International Regulations For Preventing Collisions At Sea, 1972, with Part F ‘Verification of compliance with the provisions of the Convention’ added. Part F contains three new rules: Rule 39 – Definitions Rule […]

COLREGS Part F January 2016 Amendments