Web sources
Web Sources
For current data, a growing amount of data on current ships is
available on the world wide web. Although subscribing is necessary
to access some sites with detailed information, the Equasis [www.equasis.org] site is free.
Funded by various governments, Equasis aims to make quality and
safety-related data on the world`s ships publicly available. The data on each ship is limited to name, year built, gross
tonnage, call sign, International Maritime Organisation number,
type, flag, owner and manager. As part of its aim of reducing
substandard shipping, Equasis also gives data about port
inspections for safety purposes. For historic data, there is also a growing number of web sites
covering aspects of shipping history - too many to list here. A
worthwhile forum is MARHIST [address], which is an
e-mail list for discussing maritime history and answering
queries.
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