IMO-Vega on the Web

Version 27 of the IMO-Vega database is now live. This update includes documents from Assembly 32, MEPC 77 and MSC 104, and circulars published until the end of April 2022.

This release includes the HSSC Survey Guidelines 2021, the PSC Procedure 2021 and the 2021 Non-exhaustive list of obligations under the III Code, all adopted by Assembly 32. MSC 104 adopted amendments to Load Lines Convention (88) and IGC Code, plus performance standards for S-VDRs and for VDRs. MEPC 77 adopted three resolutions, including one new guideline.

In addition to the content update, the advanced search function for SOLAS-related instruments has been improved. This is specified in Appendix A of the user manual.

IMO-Vega is an essential tool for anyone involved in shipping: shipowners and operators, shipbuilders, classification societies, casualty investigators, governments, insurers and underwriters, port authorities, surveyors and many others.

The IMO-Vega Database, developed jointly by IMO and Det Norske Veritas (DNV GL AS), puts all the necessary information at your fingertips. Given year of build, ship type, ship size, cargo, trade area and flag, IMO-Vega will quickly identify the requirements applicable to the ship in question.

Unlike other, similar products, IMO-Vega contains historical data including regulations which have been superseded. In the context of Port State Control, for example, access to the correct historical regulations is essential.

The IMO-Vega subscription includes up-to-date texts, with all amendments adopted up to November 2022, of the following IMO requirements:

• 1974 SOLAS Convention, including 1978 and 1988 Protocols and all amendments
• 1966 Load Lines Convention, including 1988 and 2003 Protocols
  
• MARPOL , including all amendments
  
• 1978 and 1995 STCW Convention and Code, with amendments
  
• 1972 Collision Regulations
  
• 1969 Tonnage Convention
  
• 2004 Ballast Water Management Convention
  
• International Bulk Chemical (IBC) Code, with amendments
  
• International Gas Carrier (IGC) Code, with amendments
  
• International Safety Management (ISM) Code
  
• International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code
  
• International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft (HSC Code) 1994 and 2000
  
• Code of Safe Practice for Solid Bulk Cargoes (IMSBC)
  
• International Grain Code
  
• Code of Safe Practice for Cargo Stowage and Securing (CSS), as amended
  
• Code of Safe Practice for Ships Carrying Timber Deck Cargoes, as amended
  
• International Code of Signals
  
• International Life-Saving Appliance (LSA) Code
  
• MLC Maritime Labour Conventions
  
• International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation (OPRC), 1990
  
• OPRC-HNS Protocol 2000
  
• Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009
  
• IAMSAR Manual: Volumes I, II and III
  
• International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code.
  

Whereas only the most known requirements are listed above, the database also contains most safety-related documents issued by IMO such as circulars, resolutions, etc.

Please note that each user license may be used for one computer only. Multi-user licenses may benefit from a discount at point of purchase which is to be requested by order form or email.