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Life-saving and fire-fighting equipment that ships must carry and how to maintain and service it.
All ships must carry certain emergency and life-saving equipment. This…
Merchant ships You can find information on the life-saving appliances that…
Ships must carry certain fire-fighting equipment on board. Download ‘MSN…
All emergency life-saving equipment must be safe to use, and you must make…
Life-saving appliance testing Some life-saving equipment must be serviced…
You can contact the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) for further…
Check the tariff classification for preparations put up for retail sale.
Find out about the requirements and obligations for warehousekeepers of motor and heating fuels in the UK.
Check the tariff classification for automated component placement machines used to manufacture printed circuit assemblies.
The requirements for packaging LHGW
All specifications for the packaging of all Higher Activity Waste (HAW)
UK and international codes and standards for vessel stability and loadlines, safety advice and regulations for boatmasters, designers or shipbuilders dealing with vessel stability.
Codes, best practice guides, standards and classifications that vessel owners, operators, designers and builders should refer to.
This MGN provides guidance on the harmonization of existing requirements for watertight doors in cargo ships in the 1988 Load Line Protocol, MARPOL, IGC Code and IBC Code with those in SOLAS.
Notice to all shipowners and operators, recognised organisations, certifying authorities, shipbuilders, ship repairers, masters and officers, and surveyors.
Detailing the requirements for emergency communications equipment and alarms.
Amends MSN 1699(M) to implement amendments to the technical requirements, in relation to stability and Life-Saving Appliances (LSA) requirements.
Check the tariff classification for a sleeveless knitted garment (a so-called running vest).
This MSN replaces MSN 1667
This MSN replaces MSN 1668
Find out about new tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products which apply from 1 January 2019.
Amendment 1 details the requirements for provision of food and fresh water, in accordance with the maritime labour convention.
This Notice provides a Code of Practice for the Safety of Small Fishing Vessels of less than 15m Length Overall, replacing MSN 1871 Amendment No.1 This notice replaces previous Codes and Notices concerning fishing vessels of less than 15m Length...
The standard code of practice for the safety of large commercial yachts under 300 GT (gross tonnage).
Notice to ship owners, operators and managers, masters, officers and crew, authorised service providers, lifeboat equipment manufacturers and UK authorised recognised organisations
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