Section I: Responsibilities of the shipmaster. Ch.1. The Nautical Institute on command / Nautical Institute Command Working Group --; Ch.2. What a shipowner requires from a master / P. Chawla --; Ch.3. Training for command / P. Roberts --; Ch.4. The master's responsibilities in law / M.S. Maclachlan --; Ch.5. The ISM Code and the master / I. Mathison --; Ch.6. Health management on board / Dr. A.C. Kulkarni --; Ch.7. International oil pollution legislation and conventions --; an update / N.K. Gupta --; Ch.8. Marine insurance and the mariner / P. Anderson --; Ch.9. Surveys and the shipmaster / W. Vervloesem --; Ch.10. Flag states and the shipmaster / D.J.F. Bruce --; Ch.11. Port state control and the U.S.A. / UK P&I Club --; Ch.12. Distress --; the master's responsibilities / ICS --; Ch.13. Salvage --; contracts and the master / C.P. Beesley Section II: Management. Ch.14. Commercial management and the shipmaster / R.L. Tallack --; Ch.15. Managing safety on board / C.M. Mahidhara --; Ch.16. Measures of economic efficiency in shipping / Prof R.O. Goss --; Ch.17. Running costs / J.M. Downard --; Ch.18. Managing people on board / E.M. Scott --; Ch.19. Managing shipboard maintenance / U. Zuber --; Ch.20. Managing information technology at sea / D.J. Patraiko --; Ch.21. Managing risk on board / T.J. Bailey --; Ch.22. Planning a dry-dock / J.L. Hutchinson --; Ch.23. Managing dry dock maintenance / S. Chandorkar --; Ch.24. A guide to the 'Crewman' standard ship management agreement / Photis M. Panayides --; Ch.25. Managing social relationships with multi-cultural crews / A. Achuthan --; Ch.26. On your own / C.J. Parker. Section IV: Technical and environmental. Ch.48. Modern communications systems and GMDSS / I. Waugh --; Ch.49. Marine paint technology / K.E.M. Haugland --; Ch.50. Standing by a newbuilding / M.P. Coles --; Ch.51. Ship structures inspection and maintenance / J.A. Hepworth --; Ch.52. The use of electronic aids to navigation / Marine Guidance Note MGN 63 (M+F) --; Ch.53. Working on secondment / R.F. Walker --; Ch.54. Waste management on ships / D.N.L. Yeomans --; Ch.55. Ballast water environmental and safety issues / D.J. Patraiko --; Ch.56. Oil pollution prevention and emergency response --; the shipmaster's responsibilities / C.J. Shill --; Ch.57. Weather routeing and voyage planning / F. Baillod --; Ch.58. The Nautical Institute Command Partnership and Diploma Scheme Section V: Case studies. Ch.59. Man overboard --; Ch.60. The grounding of passenger vessel HANSEATIC : extracts from Marine Occurrence report, number M96H0016 / Transportation Board of Canada.