IMO Publishing: October 2012

Dear Customers,

As in previous years, the IMO building will be closed during the festive season from Monday, 24th December 2012 until Tuesday, 1st January 2013 inclusive. We encourage you to place any stock orders before Friday 14th December to ensure a timely delivery.

We should like to remind you that the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code, 2012 Edition (incorporating Amendment 36-12) 2 volumes will be on sale in late November 2012. The English editions will be followed by the French and Spanish versions by March 2013. Please see the IMDG Code mailer for further information.

The latest edition of The IMO-Vega Database (Version 17), 2012 will be available late November. This version will, for the first time, include both volumes of the IMDG Code 2010 and 2012 Editions, the IMDG Code Supplement, 2010 Edition as well as three volumes which comprise the IAMSAR Manual, 2010 Edition. View the new documents added to this new version. The new price for this enhanced product will be £700 and for the upgrade version, £350. There are discounts available for multi-user licences which apply for each additional copy bought per site (i.e. office, terminal, ship or port) at point of purchase. Please view the demo. Please note that the upgraded version is only available to customers who purchased the previous edition and now wish to update to the current version using this form.

In view of the success of our digital books available on The IMO Bookshelf, please refer to the following document which summarises back-up arrangements of digital products carried on board ship. We have also introduced the possibility of purchasing a replacement back-up license code at 50% discount enabling one additional license to access the respective title(s). The IMO Bookshelf: Back-up Arrangements of Digital Products carried on Board Ship.

The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) at its sixty-second session in July 2011 adopted the amendments to MARPOL Annex V by resolution MEPC.201(62), which will enter into force on 1 January 2013. The revised Annex V prohibits the discharge of all garbage into the sea, except as provided otherwise. A simplified overview of the revised MARPOL Annex V discharge provisions can be accessed here.

Existing users of SOLAS on CD (Version 8.0) and Electronic SOLAS for download, 2011 need to download the free update patch available. We encourage you to make use of the free, two-day trial of our internet subscriptions SOLAS on the Web and SOLAS Plus on the Web. We remind you that SOLAS Plus on the Web contains the SOLAS Convention and ten other related instruments including the HSC and IMSBC Codes, the ISPS Code, as well as COLREGS.

Following our recently published titles, we shall shortly be printing:

IMDG Code, 2012 Edition (inc. Amdt 36-12) in November (product code II200E, price £110) followed by the French and Spanish versions.
2012 Dangerous Goods: Wall Chart in November (product code IE223E, price £10).
The IMO-Vega Database (Version 17), 2012 in November (product code D17A, price £700).
27th Session 2011 (res. 1033 - 1059) in November (product code I27E, price £35) followed by the French and Spanish versions.
NAVTEX Manual, 2012 Edition in English, French and Spanish (product codes ID951E/F/S, price £12) in November.
Guide to Maritime Security and the ISPS Code, 2012 Edition in Spanish (product code IA116S, price £50) in December.