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Planning for the risks of Arctic travel, including during cruises.
FCDO travel advice for United Arab Emirates. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Latest FCDO travel advice for Mexico including on entry requirements, safety and security and local laws and customs.
Find out the procedures you'll need to follow to zero rate VAT for the supply of a sailaway boat.
Facilities for boaters at Environment Agency lock sites on the non-tidal River Thames and the River Kennet.
FCDO travel advice for the Philippines. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Capsizing due to insufficient stability is a major cause of fatalities for fishing vessels under 24m length, especially those under 15m.
FCDO travel advice for Anguilla. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Life-saving and fire-fighting equipment that ships must carry and how to maintain and service it.
How the maritime industry should treat waste at sea and in ports, reduce oil and air pollution, and control ozone-depleting substances.
Check current river conditions, restrictions and facilities
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.
General safety regulations for lifesaving appliances (LSA) and safety equipment on fishing vessels
Codes, best practice guides, standards and classifications that vessel owners, operators, designers and builders should refer to.
River conditions and restrictions and safety information for boaters on the Rivers Wye and Lugg.
FCDO travel advice for Brazil. 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
FCDO travel advice for Madagascar. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
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