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Class and permitted use of passenger ships, cargo ships, tankers, tugs, tenders, fishing boats, yachts, commercial vessels, and the required certificates.
Check the regulations on aircraft parts imported with a certificate of airworthiness.
MSF 4310 the requirements to gain an able seafarer deck certificate regulation II/5 are detailed in this application form.
MSF 4227: Use of this form is required for each ship over 500 gross tonnage (GT) joining the UK Ship Register.
What private maritime security companies (PMSCs) need to provide to comply with licence conditions.
Instructions on applying for STCW watch ratings, yacht ratings, or able seafarer certificates and information on gaining an efficient deck hand certificate
MSF 4284 the requirements to gain an able seafarer engine certificate regulation III/5 are detailed in this application form.
Product Recall for Blue NBY Flotation Aid presenting a serious risk of drowning.
New standards of training certification and watchkeeping (STCW) requirements.
How to get an ENG1 or ML5 medical certificate.
Countries whose seafarer medical fitness certificates are accepted as equivalent to the UK ENG 1.
The MCA has concluded that there were deficiencies in the quality of safety critical training delivered by an MCA approved STCW short course provider.
This Notice provides information on assessing and mitigating risks when writing a risk assessment for the wearing of Personal Flotation Devices.
STCW 95 provides for CoC combining deck, engineer and radio competencies to be issued under regulation VII/1 – alternative certification.
This notice provides guidelines for the Merchant Shipping (Special Measures to Enhance Maritime Safety) Regulations 2024. It covers the process for obtaining ship, Company and Registered Owner IMO numbers and explains the application procedure for a CSR.
Amendments to MSN 1858 yacht requirements to gain an exemption from completing the training record book
This note describes the initial implementation by the MCA of electronic certificates and the means by which their validity may be verified.
This notice provides details of the 2024 amendments to the code of safe working practices for merchant seafarers (“the Code”, also “COSWP”).
Information describing the system to gain certificates to master workboats less than 500 GT operating in the unlimited area.
Product Recall for WENTSEN Adult Buoyancy Vest sold via AliExpress presenting a serious risk of drowning.
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