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Find out what you need to do when hiring crew to work on a ship or yacht - qualifications, certificates of competency, crew agreements and crew lists
When you’re hiring crew for a ship or yacht, you must: check crew members’…
You must check crew members’ discharge books to make sure everyone has the…
You must follow international regulations from Standards in Training…
A crew agreement is an employment contract between a ship or yacht’s…
All crew members must have either: a valid passport a Seafarers Identity…
The master or skipper of a UK-registered ship must provide the ship’s…
The UK Emissions Trading Scheme Authority has announced a package of reforms to tighten limits on industrial, power and aviation emissions from 2024.
Fishers to be charged no extra fees for checks on about 75 vessels by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
Details for owners, operators, and masters of vessels on inland waters, including categorisation, how to apply, safety requirements and best practice.
Information for owners, operators, skippers and crew about safety standards in the fishing industry.
Employment Appeal Tribunal Judgment of Judge Auerbach on 19 April 2024.
This collection brings together the guidance on handling applications made outside the UK from crew members used by UK Visas and Immigration.
This MGN replaces MGN 148(M) for ships and MGN 149(M) for yachts which are not subject to the Maritime Labour Convention.
Part of the instructions to surveyors, about making sure crew accommodation meets legal requirements for merchant ships.
Find out the VAT liability for supplying ships, trains, aircraft and associated services in the UK.
Employment Tribunal decision.
Immigration staff guidance on refusing crew members.
Product recall for The North Face Teen’s Oversized Hoodie presenting a risk of strangulation.
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