Blue Book
“2024 Blue Book” contains the latest adopted IACS publications as on 1 January 2024 as well as previous revisions of IACS publications and historical data. The Blue Book is updated and published once a year only, next Blue Book will be issued in January 2025.
Blue Book ZIP file: Please note, once the file is downloaded to desktop or laptop, there is no need for internet connection as all files will reside on the local disk and there will not be a need for downloading any further files until the next revision (circa a year’s time).
To view the Portable Document Format (PDF) files you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader or Exchange installed on your system. If not already installed on your system, please install the Adobe Acrobat Reader software from the Adobe website (www.adobe.com) or App Store/Marketplace etc.
After installing Adobe Acrobat Reader, open the file entitled “Welcome.pdf” to begin to view the IACS Blue Books. Then follow the links as required.
Search Functionality: Perform “Search” command using the index.
The Blue Book has been indexed as follows:
- Complete indexing : This is to help the users find a word throughout the current IACS publications. If you want to search the documents containing a specific word in all IACS Resolutions, please use the index named “search.pdx“.
- You may be asked to choose where you would like to search. Select “In the index named search.pdx”.
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