Marine Safety Manual Volume IV Technical, Chapter 3 - Engineering Systems This Notice releases the newly revised Volume IV of the Marine Safety Manual for the information, use, and guidance of Coast Guard personnel assigned to marine safety duties. It presents the authority, background, and rationale for the various activities performed by the Marine Technical and Hazardous Materials Division G-MTH) and certain branches of the Merchant Vessel Inspection Division (G-MVI) at Headquarters, and three field (mmt) offices in New York, New Orleans, and San Francisco. Along with field marine safety units, these activities comprise the federal program for assuring that commercial vessels and their equipment are designed in accordance with federal safety and pollution abatement standards. This volume describes the essential functions which must be performed to attain the overall marine safety objectives of the Coast Guard. Why buy a book you can download for free? We print the paperback book so you don't have to. First you gotta find a good clean (legible) copy and make sure it's the latest version (not always easy). Some documents found on the web are missing some pages or the image quality is so poor, they are difficult to read. If you find a good copy, you could print it using a network printer you share with 100 other people (typically its either out of paper or toner). If it's just a 10-page document, no problem, but if it's 250-pages, you will need to punch 3 holes in all those pages and put it in a 3-ring binder. Takes at least an hour. It's much more cost-effective to just order the bound paperback from Amazon.com This book includes original commentary which is copyright material. Note that government documents are in the public domain. We print these paperbacks as a service so you don't have to. The books are compact, tightly-bound paperback, full-size (8 1/2 by 11 inches), with large text and glossy covers. 4th Watch Publishing Co. is a HUBZONE SDVOSB. https: //usgovpub.com