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Navigation, passage planning, pilotage service, mooring details and charges for boaters using Rye Harbour.
What to do if you’re about to be flooded and during flooding: who to contact, how to stay safe, how to report a problem.
Find out the procedures you'll need to follow to zero rate VAT for the supply of a sailaway boat.
Life-saving and fire-fighting equipment that ships must carry and how to maintain and service it.
Advice for women travelling and living abroad, including organisations that can help.
Facilities for boaters at Environment Agency lock sites on the non-tidal River Thames and the River Kennet.
Capsizing due to insufficient stability is a major cause of fatalities for fishing vessels under 24m length, especially those under 15m.
Check current river conditions, restrictions and facilities
How the maritime industry should treat waste at sea and in ports, reduce oil and air pollution, and control ozone-depleting substances.
Information for boaters on the River Nene.
Codes of Practice detail the regular maintenance requirements of safety equipment and systems to a high standard, as is required to maintain fishing certificates.
FCDO travel advice for Anguilla. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Courts issue fines for failing to register boats on the River Thames. Environment Agency enforcement officers regularly patrol the river
Codes, best practice guides, standards and classifications that vessel owners, operators, designers and builders should refer to.
FCDO travel advice for Croatia. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
FCDO travel advice for Panama. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Latest FCDO travel advice for Costa Rica. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Register your boat with the UK coastguard using the Royal Yachting Association’s SafeTrx service
River conditions and restrictions and safety information for boaters on the Rivers Wye and Lugg.
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