We have tried to make the links page both useful and manageable. Some of the links provide shortcuts to shipping companies and organisations, others provide access to legal sources. There is also a selection for those who might be visiting London, and have some time to spare.

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MARITIME LINKS  
P&I Clubs  
American Club www.american-club.com
Gard www.gard.no
Japan P & I Club www.piclub.or.jp
London Club www.lsso.com
North of England www.nepia.com
Skuld www.skuld.com
Standard Club www.standard-club.com
Steamship Mutual www.simsl.com
Swedish Club www.swedishclub.com
TT Club www.ttclub.com
UK Club www.ukpandi.com
UK Defence Club www.ukdefence.com
West of England Club www.westpandi.com
   
Classification Societies  
IACS www.iacs.org.uk
ABS www.eagle.org
BV www.bureauveritas.com
China Register www.crs.org.cn
DnV www.dnv.com
Germanisher Lloyd www.germanlloyd.org
Korean Register www.krs.co.kr
Lloyd’s Register www.lr.org
NKK www.classnk.or.jp
Polish Register www.prs.gda.pl
RINA www.rina.it
   
Organisations  
Baltic Exchange www.balticexchange.com
BIMCO www.bimco.dk
Bolero www.bolero.net
British International Freight Association www.bifa.org
British Marine Law Association www.bmla.org.uk
CMI www.comitemaritime.org
Grain & Feed Trades Association www.gafta.com
Intercargo www.intercargo.org
International Chamber of Commerce www.iccwbo.org
International Labour Organisation www.ilo.org
International Maritime Organisation www.imo.org
International Oil Pollutions Compensations Funds www.iopcfund.org
International Salvage Union www.marine-salvage.com
International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation www.itopf.com
International Transport Workers Federation www.itf.org.uk
Intertanko www.intertanko.com
London Maritime Arbitrators Association www.lmaa.org.uk
Salvage Association www.wreckage.org
UK Chamber of Shipping www.british-shipping.org
   
Port State Control  
Marine Accident Investigation Branch www.maib.dft.gov.uk
UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency www.mcga.gov.uk
Australian Maritime Safety Authority www.amsa.gov.au
Japanese Maritime Safety Agency www.kaiho.motnet.go.jp/e/index_e.htm
(domain currently unreachable)
Maritime Accident Investigators International Forum www.maiif.net
Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control www.parismou.org
Tokyo Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control www.tokyo-mou.org
US Coastguard www.uscg.mil
USCG Marine Safety & Maritime Protection www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m
USCG Port State Control www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/pscweb
Equasis www.equasis.org
   
LEGAL LINKS  
United Kingdom  

- Government

 
UK Government website www.open.gov.uk
Lord Chancellor’s Dept www.lcd.gov.uk
Dept of Trade and Industry www.dti.gov.uk
Marine Accident Investigation Branch www.maib.dft.gov.uk
UK Marine & Coastguard Agency www.mcga.gov.uk
   

- Legal Resources

 
House of Lords judgements since 14.11.96 www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/ld199697/ldjudgmt/ldjudgmt.htm
UK Legislation www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk
British and Irish Legal Information Institute www.bailii.org
Southampton University Maritime Law Institute www.soton.ac.uk/~iml/links/maritime_education.html
   
European Community  
European Union Legal Site http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex
European Commission http://europa.eu.int/comm/index_en.htm
   
Others  
Southampton University Maritime Law Institute www.soton.ac.uk/~iml/links/maritime_education.html
International Trade Law www.jus.uio.no
US Maritime Law Association www.mlaus.org
Informare — information on signatories to international transport conventions www.informare.it/dbase/convuk.htm
   
VISITING LONDON OR TRAVELLING  
London  
This is London — The Evening Standard’s guide to the capital www.thisislondon.com
Time Out — London guide, includes tickets, shopping, things to do, and also quides to a number of cities in Europe, the US and elsewhere www.timeout.com/cityguides.html
Virgin — UK leisure and entertainment guide www.virgin.net
Lastminute.com — late deals on theatre tickets etc www.lastminute.com
Street Map — street maps for London and the UK www.streetmap.co.uk
BT — online telephone directory www.bt.com/index.jsp
The Met Office — weather reports and forecasts for the UK and Europe www.met-office.gov.uk
   
General  
Foreign Office Travel Advice Unit — provides advice on travelling abroad — precautions, innoculations, visa requirements etc. www.fco.gov.uk/travel/default.asp
World time — an interactive world atlas, supplying local times, public holidays etc worldwide www.worldtime.org
Exchange Rates — an instant currency converter www.oanda.com/converter/classic