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Joint IMO/IHO/WMO Manual on Maritime Safety Information - 2025 Edition
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This Manual provides a practical guide for the preparation of messages related to maritime safety information and the dissemination of navigational warnings and/or meteorological forecasts and warnings under the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System.
Foreword
General information
Promulgation of maritime safety information
NAVAREA/sub-area/national coordinators? resources and responsibilities
Navigational warnings for the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service
The structure of navigational warnings
Message format of navigational warnings
Guidance and examples for navigational warnings by type of hazard
METAREA coordinator resources and responsibilities
Meteorological warnings and forecasts
Examples for meteorological warnings and forecasts
Search and rescue notification
Procedure for amending the JOINT IMO/IHO/WMO Manual on MSI
A??s a specialised agency of the United Nations, IMO is the global standard-setting authority for the safety, security and environmental performance of international shipping. Its main role is to create a regulatory framework for the shipping industry that is fair and effective, universally adopted and universally implemented.
In other words, its role is to create a level playing-field so that ship operators cannot address their financial issues by simply cutting corners and compromising on safety, security and environmental performance. This approach also encourages innovation and efficiency.
Shipping is a truly international industry, and it can only operate effectively if the regulations and standards are themselves agreed, adopted and implemented on an international basis. And IMO is the forum at which this process takes place.
