One-stop Regulatory Compliance

Regs4ships

Find information faster and focus on implementing operational changes with a trusted source for maritime regulatory publications.

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Regs4ships provides uninterrupted access to live and archived regulatory publications – covering not just IMO content but multiple sources, including the ILO and numerous flag states.

25 endorsed flag states

One centralised source for compliance and regulations from key international bodies such as the IMO and ILO as well as and 25 endorsed flag states

100k documents

The LR OneOcean team updates and manages Regs4ships to give you the most quality data from over 100k documents, including an extensive archive built over 20+ years

Within 48 hours

New amendments to regulations are processed and made available according to the regulatory updates schedule (not published editions), with users gaining access within 48 hours of them being made available by the source

Understanding the regulatory compliance challenge

We understand the challenges of ensuring both onboard and shoreside teams can easily access the latest regulations needed to meet compliance requirements. Finding, accessing, and researching regulations is time consuming and can reduce your capacity, as well as the crew’s, to implement changes or prepare for audits.

Managing regulatory compliance through individual publications presents additional challenges and increases workloads for onboard and onshore personnel. Manually updating paper copies with new amendments is inefficient, often resulting in outdated regulations kept aboard. This can cause inefficient planning, incorrect interpretation, and non-compliance.

Additionally, dependence on internet connectivity makes it difficult to ensure crew always have the most up-to-date information when needed.

Updating regulations individually across multiple copies makes it difficult to share amendments and updates among teams.
Regulation content structure varies and isn't always clear, with documentation being inconsistently stored across the fleet.
Different vessels require unique regulations based on their voyage routes, class societies, or flag states.

From IMO to EU: Stay compliant with Regs4ships' comprehensive regulatory databases and intuitive search functionality.

How Regs4ships supports regulatory compliance

Regs4ships simplifies the challenges associated with accessing compulsory maritime legislation, regulations and supporting guidance. The advanced searchability allows you to quickly find specific regulations and ensure every vessel is following the right documentation. The tool also supports advanced planning to ensure operations and procedures remain compliant, with a unified experience for ship and shoreside users.

The innovative solution can be used on PCs and tablets, via a web browser for Onshore and through our dedicated OneOcean platform for the Onboard version – allowing crew to seamlessly switch between online and full offline operating modes.

Regs4ships provides a unique depth and breadth of regulatory content:

International

•    IMO
•    EU legislation
•    ILO
•    World Health Organization
•    Port State Control
•    Anti-piracy and security

Flag States

•    Primary legislation 
•    Secondary legislation 
•    Guidance 
•    Forms

Options

•    IMDG code
•    Area-specific content (US waters)
•    Lloyd’s Register rules and regulations for the classification of ships

Save time searching for regulations

Search our unrivalled collection of over 100k live and archived maritime legislation, regulations and documents. Use the search bar or tailor your search using dropdowns and checkboxes to filter for a specific document type, publishing date, publishing location or keyword. You can also review documents by category for in-depth research on a particular topic. Once you’ve found what you need, you can save them in the favourites area for future reference.