How and Where to Find IMO Information

Key IMO information sources

• IMODOCS
  IMODOCS is the official document repository of the IMO. IMODOCS provides full text of documents and resolutions issued since the late 1990s by the principal organs and committees of the Organization. Selected content is available to the public. Registration is required.
  
• GISIS (Global Integrated Shipping Information System)
  GISIS provides public access to selected data collected by the Secretariat. Its aim is to allow online access to information supplied to the IMO Secretariat by Maritime Administrations, in compliance with IMO's instruments. Registration is required.
• IMO Publishing
  Information about IMO's publications available for purchase in print and electronic formats.
  

Selected Information Resources

• Finding IMO Documents on the shelves of the Maritime Knowledge Centre
  Guide to locating print versions of older IMO Documents which are not available on IMODOCS.
  
• Affiliated Bodies and Programmes
  IMO site describing and linking to affiliated bodies & programmes.
  
• IMO Conventions
  Provides information on instruments received during the year, current number of ratifications for each treaty and the corresponding world merchant shipping tonnage, and more.
• IMO Index of Resolutions
  Index of Resolutions originating from the key organs and committees of the Organization.
• IMO Meeting Summaries
  IMO site with recent and archival meeting summaries.
  
• Member States, IGOs and NGOs
  Member States, Associate Members and year of entry; contact details for Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs) with observer status and Non-governmental international Organizations (NGOs) in consultative status.
• Piracy Reports
  IMO site providing Reports on Acts of Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships (MSC Circulars), issued at least quarterly and annually. Reports are available from 2008 to the present.