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This page details the MMO’s work on the management of marine non-licensable activity in Studland Bay Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ).
We have issued a safety bulletin to the cruise industry to highlight the importance of using anchoring equipment within its intended design parameters.
River Great Ouse: bridge heights, locks, overhead power lines and facilities.
Check what safety requirements and insurance are needed to use a boat on UK rivers, canals, or at sea - boat safety certificates, safety regulations and equipment, disposing of old flares
Details of moorings, bridge heights, locks and facilities for boaters on Anglian waterways.
Codes of practice and standards for safely operating and navigating passenger ships, catamarans and hovercrafts.
Amendment 1 advises on the safe installation, inspection, maintenance and use of anchoring, mooring, towing and hauling equipment and the importance of expert advice on repair and maintenance.
Details for owners, operators, and masters of vessels on inland waters, including categorisation, how to apply, safety requirements and best practice.
Life-saving and fire-fighting equipment that ships must carry and how to maintain and service it.
Class and permitted use of passenger ships, cargo ships, tankers, tugs, tenders, fishing boats, yachts, commercial vessels, and the required certificates.
Codes, best practice guides, standards and classifications that vessel owners, operators, designers and builders should refer to.
How different types of fishing gear must be marked, what you must do if you lose your fishing gear, how to report lost fishing gear.
UK and international codes and standards for vessel stability and loadlines, safety advice and regulations for boatmasters, designers or shipbuilders dealing with vessel stability.
Facilities for boaters at Environment Agency lock sites on the non-tidal River Thames and the River Kennet.
Register your boat with the UK coastguard using the Royal Yachting Association’s SafeTrx service
Navigation, passage planning, pilotage service, mooring details and charges for boaters using Rye Harbour.
Location: River Humber, England.
How the maritime industry should treat waste at sea and in ports, reduce oil and air pollution, and control ozone-depleting substances.
In collaboration with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Cruise Lines International Association, UK Chamber of Shipping, and Natural England we are exploring a number of options to protect Marine Protected Areas from the potential harm that can be done by...
A safety message to the shipping industry highlighting the need for clear guidance on the capability of a ship's anchoring system.
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