
Acknowledgements
The authors wish to express their gratitude to:
The International Maritime Organization for permis-
sion to reproduce the various extracts from Resolu-
tions Adopted by the Assembly;
The Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office for
permission to reproduce the extracts from M 1158
and Statutory Instrument No. 1203 (1984);
Captain C. E. Nicholls of Liverpool Polytechnic for his
major contribution to Chapter 8;
Mr B. Price of Sandown College, Liverpool for his
helpful comments based on a reading of Chapter 2;
Mr Andrew O. Dineley for his assistance in producing
the computer printout of the manuscript;
Families and friends withou ...