Guidance

Workboat Code

Industry working group technical standard - A Code of Practice (CoP) for small workboats in commercial use to sea and all pilot boats.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Published: 11 June 2014
• Last updated: 5 February 2021 — See all updates

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The Workboat Code

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Details

• This Technical Standard can, from 1 June 2014, be used for new workboats and pilot boats as an equivalent construction standard to the requirements of “The Safety of Small Workboats and Pilot Boats – A Code of Practice”, published by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in 1998.

• Such vessels will continue to be issued with Certification under those regulations.

• This Technical Standard is subject to final public consultation and scrutiny by the Department for Transport.

• Last updated: 5 February 2021
  Show all updates

  1. 5 February 2021

     Deleted an Introduction to the proposed workboat code and final draft workboat code edition 2

  2. 21 December 2018

     The impact assessment for edition 2 and a final draft of edition 2 of the code have been uploaded.

  3. 11 June 2014

     First published.