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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Post holders given access to maritime and shipping statistics up to 24 hours prior to release.
Construction, radio and marine equipment standards for merchant ships and special shipping.
A collection highlighting marine notices, notes, safety bulletins and guidance relevant to the shipping and cargo industries.
Amends MSN 1699(M) to implement amendments to the technical requirements, in relation to stability and Life-Saving Appliances (LSA) requirements.
Life-saving and fire-fighting equipment that ships must carry and how to maintain and service it.
Outlining detailed requirements about ship-to-ship transfers of a cargo made up entirely or mainly of oil.
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
The processes that operators need to follow when shipping radioactive sources to and from EU countries.
Information about seafarer working and living rights - working conditions, conditions of employment, safe working practices, living conditions, dangerous cargo, health and medical care, maritime labour convention, human element
This MGN provides guidance and clarification for aspects of MARPOL Annex V, polar code and merchant shipping (prevention of pollution by garbage from ships) regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/621).
Find out if your goods have Union (EU) status and how to prove Union (EU) status if your goods are moving to ports or airports in the EU or from and to Northern Ireland.
Regulatory Policy Committee opinion on DfT's Merchant Shipping (Cargo and Passenger Ship Construction and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 IA
Understand how you can pay tonnage tax if you manage your ships from the UK and they weigh 100 tons or more.
Owners and operators of seagoing ships and large yachts are responsible for the health and safety of seafarers
This Merchant Shipping Notice forms an integral part of the Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/568) (“the 2023 Regulations”). This Notice is made mandatory by way of reference to it in those Regulations
This Merchant Shipping Notice forms an integral part of the Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/568) (“the 2023 Regulations”). This Notice is made mandatory by way of reference to it in those Regulations.
How the maritime industry should treat waste at sea and in ports, reduce oil and air pollution, and control ozone-depleting substances.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first broadcast of the Shipping Forecast.
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