Introduction

Welcome to the Information Resources of the IMO website. Here you have access to the Maritime Knowledge Centre services and its information products in the maritime field.

For more details, see the 'Visitor's Guide to the Maritime Knowledge Centre' .

Publications:  the MKC prepares a monthly round up of news in its Current Awareness Bulletin.  To subscribe free of charge, click here. 
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IMO News, IMO's official quarterly magazine, is available free of charge from the Public Information Services. If you wish to receive it in electronic format, click here to subscribe.

Appointments and visitors enquiries:

To make an appointment, contact: MaritimeKnowledgeCentre@imo.org  or telephone: +44 (0)207 735 7611  stating the purpose of your visit.

The Centre is open Monday to Thursday 10:00 - 17:00 by appointment only. It is normally closed to outside visitors in August, during the Christmas week, and official holidays.

All visitors other than Delegates, IMO Representatives or interns, require an appointment; they should contact the Maritime Knowledge Centre at least 3 working days prior to their visit.  Appointments will be given to students once an e-mail stating the purpose of their visit is received from their tutor/supervisor at least one week in advance.  A valid ID with photograph is required. All visitors must be collected at the Security Desk and escorted when they leave the Centre.

Technical enquiries

The Maritime Knowledge Centre is not in a position to answer technical enquiries.  These should be directed to the relevant national maritime Administration or to the flag Administration, as necessary, which are the appropriate channels for dissemination of IMO technical information. Implementation of IMO instruments is the responsibility of national Administrations. Links can be found on the National Contacts page. More links to Administrations’ websites and links to other maritime Organizations can be found in the IMO Directory of Maritime Links. 

Researchers and students

Researchers and students should first visit the relevant sections of the site including the Information Resources section and the Site Index.

If you cannot find what you are looking for, try a search engine, adding IMO to your key words. This will usually take you to the relevant section of the IMO website.

The Maritime Knowledge Centre catalogue is available online at http://www.imo.org/library

We are unable to lend material other than to Libraries or to provide articles for copyright reasons; however, we can provide some IMO documents on an ad hoc basis provided that the  IMO Document is known, that they are not sales items and are available in electronic form.

Information on other maritime organisations can be found in the Directory of Maritime Links managed by the Maritime Knowledge Centre.

Enquiries about IMO Publications
Orders can either be placed online at publications-sales@imo.org or through an IMO distributor.