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Maritime organisations

Maritime Organisations - International
ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB): www.iccwbo.org/ccs/menu_imb_bureau.asp
International Maritime Organisation (IMO): www.imo.org

Maritime Organisations - UK
Chamber of Shipping: www.british-shipping.org
Marine Accident Investigation Branch: www.maib.dft.gov.uk
Maritime and Coastguard Agency: www.mcagency.org.uk
Marine Society: www.marine-society.org.uk
National Maritime Museum:www.nmm.ac.uk
Seafarers' International Research Centre: www.sirc.cf.ac.uk/index.html
Royal National Lifeboats Institution: www.rnli.org.uk
Lloyd's Register: www.lr.org/code/home.htm
Nautical Institute: www.nautinst.org

Trade Unions and labour organisations

International Labour Organisation: www.ilo.org
International Transport Workers' Federation: www.itf.org.uk
Trades Union Congress: www.tuc.org.uk
RMT: www.rmt.org.uk
Dutch Seafarers' Federation (FWZ): www.fnv.nl
Maritime Union of Australia: www.mua.org.au
New Zealand Merchant Service Guild: : http://www.nzmsg.co.nz/

Australian Institute Of Marine And Power Engineers: www.aimpe.asn.au

Welfare

Seafarers' Benefits Advice Line: www.seabal.co.uk
Dreadnought Unit: www.seabal.co.uk/dreadnought.htm
Mission to Seafarers: www.missiontoseafarers.org
The Merchant Navy Hotel:www.mnwb.org.uk
Marine Society: www.marine-society.org

Maritime Education & careers

Merchant Navy Training Board: www.mntb.org
Go To Sea: www.gotosea.org.uk
Marine Society: www.marine-society.org

Banff & Buchan College: www.banffbuchan.com
Blackpool & the Fylde College: www.blackpool.ac.uk
Glasgow Nautical College: www.glasgow-nautical.ac.uk
Lairdside Maritime Centre: www.lairdside-maritime.com
Liverpool John Moores University: www.livjm.ac.uk
Lowestoft College: www.lowestoftcollege.co.uk/maritime.asp
Warsash Maritime Centre: http:www.solent.ac.uk/wmc
North Atlantic Fisheries College: www.nafc.ac.uk
North West Kent College: www.nwkent.ac.uk/nstc
Orkney College: www.orkney.uhi.ac.uk
Plymouth Maritime Training Centre: www.plymouthmaritimetraining.co.uk/courses.html
South Tyneside College: www.stc.ac.uk

Government websites

Department of Trade and Industry: www.og.dti.gov.uk
Department for Transport: www.dft.gov.uk
The Treasury: www.hm-treasury.gov.uk
Health and Safety Executive: www.hse.gov.uk/index.htm
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA): www.defra.gov.uk

Specialist resources

Law
Labour Law updates: www.pattinsonbrewer.co.uk

Tax
Seatax: www.seatax.ltd.uk

Employment
Seastaff: www.deltamarine.co.uk

Safety

Nautical Institute - Marine Accident Reporting System (MARS): www.nautinst.org/marineac.htm
MAIB Safety digest: www.maib.dft.gov.uk/safetydigests.htm

Campaigns

Sweatships campaign
War on Want: www.waronwant.org
International Transport Workers Federation (ITF): http://www.itf.org.uk/seafarers/cruise_ships/ index.htm
Global Workplace: www.globalworkplace.org

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