Acknowledgments Introduction Foreword to the Third Edition Section I 1. Formalities Documents Visas Cruising Permits European Union The Schengen Agreement EU vessels Non-EU vessels Customs procedures in the European Union European Monetary Union Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Environment Protection Anchoring Garbage Holding Tanks Flag Etiquette The Right Attitude 2. Health Precautions Worldwide AIDS Hepatitis B Hepatitis A Tetanus Tuberculosis Smallpox Measles Typhoid Poliomyelitis Meningococcal Meningitis Cholera Yellow Fever Malaria Rabies Bilharzia Diphtheria Japanese B Encephalitis Ciguatera Reefwalking and Diving Hazards The Sun Heat exhaustion Heat stroke Skin cancer Health Protection Checklist Health on the Internet 3. Communications Radio Communications Very High Frequency marine radio Medium and High Frequency marine radio Propagation Optimum frequencies Amateur Short Wave radio Autolink Cellular telephones AMVER Maritime Safety Information Satellite Communications Inmarsat A Inmarsat B Inmarsat M Inmarsat Mini-M Inmarsat M4 Inmarsat C Inmarsat D Inmarsat D+ Inmarsat E Distress alerting Global Maritime Distress and Safety System COSPAS-SARSAT EPIRB Weather Routing Weather on the Internet Electronic Mail The Internet Mail Section II 1. Mediterranean and Black Sea Albania Algeria Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Northern Cyprus Egypt Georgia Gibraltar Greece Israel Italy Lebanon Libya Malta Monaco Morocco Romania Slovenia Spain Syria Tunisia Turkey Ukraine Yugoslavia (Montenegro and Serbia) 2. Northern Europe Belgium Denmark Estonia Finland Germany Latvia Lithuania Netherlands Norway Poland Russia Sweden 3. Western Europe and North Atlantic Islands The Azores Bermuda Canary Islands Cape Verde Islands Channel Islands Faeroes France Greenland Iceland Ireland Madeira Portugal United Kingdom 4. West Africa and South Atlantic Islands Antarctica Ascension Island Falkland Islands The Gambia Ivory Coast Mauritania Namibia St Helena Senegal South Africa Tristan da Cunha 5.
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