# Required carriage of shipboard publications **URL:** \ **Category:** Professional Mariner Forum\ **Created:** [May 25, 2014, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/required-carriage-of-shipboard-publications/12735 "2014-05-25T21:58:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mrdrew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/mrdrew/32/987_2.png) [@mrdrew](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/mrdrew)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/required-carriage-of-shipboard-publications/12735/1 "2014-05-25T21:58:31Z")
Hello folks, Thought I’d ask for some help for searching for: list of required publications that must be carried aboard vessels I’m sure there is: IMO, USCG, STCW, and CFR details on the required publications, that also depend on the type and waters of the vessel. I did find an IMO [MSC-MEPC.2.Circ.2.pdf](http://www.imo.org/OurWork/Facilitation/FormsCertificates/Documents/MSC-MEPC.2-Circ.2.pdf) that names: [ul] [li]International Code of Signals\*\*[/li][li]IAMSAR Manual Valume III\*\*[/li][li]Nautical Charts & Publications (SOLAS V/19.2.1 & V/27) Couldn’t find more info on this[/li][li]Publications required my ISM Code, Couldn’t find more info on this[/li][/ul] \*\*pubs for emergency use, should be hard copy Uninspectied Towing Vessels guidebook: [UTVGuidebook.pdf](http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/TVNCOE/documents/toolbag/UTVGUIDEBOOK.pdf) | [gCaptain post](http://www.gcaptain.com/forum/tugs-towing/6407-guidebook-united-states-coast-guard-requirements-uninspected-towing.html) So, anyone want to pitch in? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![z-drive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c37758/32.png) [@z-drive](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/z-drive)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/required-carriage-of-shipboard-publications/12735/2 "2014-05-25T22:11:13Z")
> [@"mrdrew"](#): > > Hello folks, > > Thought I’d ask for some help for searching for: > list of required publications that must be carried aboard vessels > > I’m sure there is: IMO, USCG, STCW, and CFR details on the required publications, that also depend on the type and waters of the vessel. > > I did find an IMO [MSC-MEPC.2.Circ.2.pdf](http://www.imo.org/OurWork/Facilitation/FormsCertificates/Documents/MSC-MEPC.2-Circ.2.pdf) that names: > > [li]International Code of Signals\*\*[/li][li]IAMSAR Manual Valume III\*\*[/li][li]Nautical Charts & Publications (SOLAS V/19.2.1 & V/27) Couldn’t find more info on this[/li][li]Publications required my ISM Code, Couldn’t find more info on this[/li] > \*\*pubs for emergency use, should be hard copy > > Uninspectied Towing Vessels guidebook: [UTVGuidebook.pdf](http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/TVNCOE/documents/toolbag/UTVGUIDEBOOK.pdf) | [gCaptain post](http://www.gcaptain.com/forum/tugs-towing/6407-guidebook-united-states-coast-guard-requirements-uninspected-towing.html) > > So, anyone want to pitch in? Thanks. What kind of vessel and in what kind of trade? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Canal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Canal](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Johnny_Canal)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 10:16pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/required-carriage-of-shipboard-publications/12735/3 "2014-05-25T22:16:17Z")
[QUOTE=z-drive;138147]What kind of vessel and in what kind of trade?[/QUOTE] Whatever port state control wants on that day in their port… If its the Suez Canal, the SCA will be more than happy to sell you the required book that you would never guess in a million years you needed. ---
**Author:** ![mrdrew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/mrdrew/32/987_2.png) [@mrdrew](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/mrdrew)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/required-carriage-of-shipboard-publications/12735/4 "2014-05-25T22:52:15Z")
Uninspected tugboat, international rules, Near Coastal, inside Territorial Sea marker. [QUOTE=z-drive;138147]What kind of vessel and in what kind of trade?[/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![z-drive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c37758/32.png) [@z-drive](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/z-drive)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 11:34pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/required-carriage-of-shipboard-publications/12735/5 "2014-05-25T23:34:59Z")
> UTV’s must carry a currently corrected edition of, or an applicable currently corrected extract from, each of the following publications for the area to be transited. > If the vessel is engaged in towing exclusively on Western Rivers, a U.S. Coast Guard Light List; Applicable Notices to Navigation published by the ACOE, or Local Notices to Mariners (LNMs) published by the Coast Guard, for the area to be transited, when available; and River-current tables published by the ACOE or a river authority, if available. > If the UTV is engaged other than in towing exclusively on Western Rivers, a Coast Guard Light List; Notices to Mariners published by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, or LNMs published by the Coast Guard; tidal-current tables published by private entities using data provided by the National Ocean Service (part of National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration), or river-current tables published by the ACOE or a river authority; tide tables published by private entities using data provided by the NOS; and a U.S. Coast Pilot. 33 CFR 164 I reckon that should cover it for that service. I’d look at the UTV inspection checklists for exactly what they want to see but the above should cover it. ---
**Author:** ![JP1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/jp1/32/90_2.png) [@JP1](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/JP1)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/required-carriage-of-shipboard-publications/12735/6 "2014-05-28T20:26:26Z")
You can download a lot of the pubs from the NGA website. Light Lists, List of Lights, Intl Code of Signals, Distance between Ports, Chart 1, Bowditch, etc. Here’s the link… [http://msi.nga.mil/NGAPortal/MSI.portal?\_nfpb=true&\_pageLabel=msi\_portal\_page\_62](http://msi.nga.mil/NGAPortal/MSI.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=msi_portal_page_62) Inspectors have always told me it’s OK to just keep a back up copy on a CD along with the one you keep on your computer. Corrections can be downloaded as needed. Much better than buying a new Light List (example) every year when you’re not even using it. ---
**Author:** ![Jeffrox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea5d25/32.png) [@Jeffrox](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Jeffrox)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/required-carriage-of-shipboard-publications/12735/7 "2014-05-28T23:00:48Z")
COMMANDANT INSTRUCTION M16672.2D: NAVIGATION RULES, INTERNATIONAL-INLAND…(don’t leave home without it)