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Maritime weather and tide conditions - navigation equipment, radios and emergency beacons, register a 406 beacon
HM Coastguard regularly broadcasts Maritime Safety Information (MSI) by…
Weather information at sea Find information about conditions at sea from…
You can get navigational information by radio from: navigational warnings,…
Safe navigation is particularly important in adverse weather and sea…
A voyage data recorder (VDR), often known as the ship’s ‘black box’,…
The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) is a maritime…
A 406 megahertz (MHz) beacon can send a distress signal via satellites to…
Small commercial ships should keep a listening watch on VHF channel 16 for…
The Resilience Capabilities Programme aims to increase the capability to respond to and recover from civil emergencies and provides advice on preparing for a crisis.
FCDO travel advice for Venezuela. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
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FCDO travel advice for Argentina. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
How to prepare and what to do if you’re affected by extreme weather and natural hazards while travelling or living abroad.
New funding will support upgrades to buses to provide real-time travel information to passengers.
How to comply with the requirements on promoting medicines to the public and to prescribers and suppliers of medicines.
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Register a UK 406 MHz emergency beacon
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FCDO travel advice for Bolivia. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Latest FCDO travel advice for France including on entry requirements, safety and security and local laws and customs.
Information on exposure to radio signals from 5G technologies.
This page includes summaries of the winning bids for the Future RAN (FRANC) competition
Culture Secretary promises to remove “Sword of Damocles” anti-free press laws as she opens Second Reading of the Media Bill
Information on enhancing communications resilience and how we work with telecommunication service providers to manage the risk of disruption to public networks.
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