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A comprehensive package of amendments to the international regulations affecting new passenger ships entered into force on 1 July 2010. Increased emphasis is placed on reducing the chance of accidents occurring and on improved survivability, embracing the concept of the ship as "its own best lifeboat".

A trailer of the latest edition of A Team Effort can now be viewed on the website. Subtitled versions in Chinese, Korean, Russian and Spanish are also available  

Eren Lawyers explanatory summary of CISADA.    

The development of the Sanctions Clause has been prompted by the recent imposition of a fourth round of UN sanctions against Iran and by amended legislation expanding existing US sanctions against Iran that came into force on 1 July 2010.

Major revisions to the International STCW Convention and its associated Code were adopted at a Diplomatic Conference in Manila at the end of June.

This declaration follows the adoption by the UN Security Council of Resolution 1929.