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Owners and operators of seagoing ships and large yachts are responsible for the health and safety of seafarers
A collection highlighting marine notices, notes, safety bulletins and guidance relevant to the shipping and cargo industries.
How catch limits are set and how to get involved in setting them. This includes current catch limits and closed fishing areas.
How to propose a new survey, what data the UKHO requires for a nautical chart, and how to report safety critical information or errors in our products
The UKSIA manages UK domestic fishing vessel access to non-UK waters and foreign vessel access to UK waters.
Find out the VAT liability for supplying ships, trains, aircraft and associated services in the UK.
Information on past, present and future UK CHP survey plans, how to access and share hydrographic and seabed mapping data, and how to collaborate with the MCA
Information on how to gain a UK CoC for Engineering/Electro-Technical Officers or Engineering Watch Rating Certificate
Life-saving and fire-fighting equipment that ships must carry and how to maintain and service it.
Check customs rules for private individuals who travel to the UK from another country in a pleasure craft
Details for owners, operators, and masters of vessels on inland waters, including categorisation, how to apply, safety requirements and best practice.
HM Nautical Almanac Office provides the daily rise, set and twilight times in November for the British Isles
Codes, best practice guides, standards and classifications that vessel owners, operators, designers and builders should refer to.
The Royal Naval Museum, in Portsmouth’s Historic Dockyard, is one of Britain’s oldest maritime museums. The Museum’s aim is to preserve and present the history of the ‘Fleet’ - the ships and the men and women who manned them. RNM...
Information for owners, operators, skippers and crew about safety standards in the fishing industry.
Find out the measures the UK and EC are taking to reduce fishing industry threats to marine life, such as overfishing, finning, and bycatch
UK and international codes and standards for vessel stability and loadlines, safety advice and regulations for boatmasters, designers or shipbuilders dealing with vessel stability.
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