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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.
Guidance about the types of vessels that can operate on UK inland waters. It also refers to EU requirements and regulations.
Diversity networks that support civilian and Armed Forces personnel working in the Ministry of Defence.
Find out the VAT liability for supplying ships, trains, aircraft and associated services in the UK.
Information to support commercial fishers on under 12 metre English vessels.
Codes of practice and standards for safely operating and navigating passenger ships, catamarans and hovercrafts.
Information on the different types of commercial fishing vessel licences.
With up to 28 warships and submarines in the pipeline, backed by defence spending rising to 2.5% of GDP, Britain is seeing a new Golden Age of shipbuilding.
Owners and operators of seagoing ships and large yachts are responsible for the health and safety of seafarers
Life-saving and fire-fighting equipment that ships must carry and how to maintain and service it.
How the maritime industry should treat waste at sea and in ports, reduce oil and air pollution, and control ozone-depleting substances.
Details for owners, operators, and masters of vessels on inland waters, including categorisation, how to apply, safety requirements and best practice.
The Type 45 destroyed sailed from Portsmouth today to relieve her sister ship, HMS Diamond
Bringing people to the forefront of the Department for Transport's policies to ensure transport systems work for everyone.
Codes, best practice guides, standards and classifications that vessel owners, operators, designers and builders should refer to.
Maritime weather and tide conditions - navigation equipment, radios and emergency beacons, register a 406 beacon
Guidance to assist fishers understand how and when I-VMS will be delivered in English waters, how it may affect them, their responsibilities, and the steps they need to consider.
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